Coptosoma (Paracoptosoma) maculatum Westwood, 1837

Nicolas, Vincent, Carapezza, Attilio, Rider, David A. & Kment, Petr, 2024, New records, diagnostics and preliminary checklist of the superfamily Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the Comoro Islands, Zootaxa 5481 (1), pp. 1-29 : 17

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5481.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0D311147-D038-4059-8098-EF68D1CA332F

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12742695

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C20256-435A-5C51-28FF-FD0DD6CBFB00

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scientific name

Coptosoma (Paracoptosoma) maculatum Westwood, 1837
status

 

Coptosoma (Paracoptosoma) maculatum Westwood, 1837

( Fig. 29 View FIGURES 24–29 )

Material examined. MAYOTTE: Saziley BÉ, 26.iv.2018, photo, V. Nicolas lgt. & det.; Lagune d‘Ambato , 20.x.2021, 1♀, V. Nicolas lgt. & det.; Boungoudranavi, 15.ii.2023, photo, N. Gommichon lgt., V. Nicolas det. ( VNBF) .

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. Comoros: Mayotte (new records), Madagascar (e.g., Dallas 1851, Stål 1876, Reuter 1887, Brancsik 1893, Montandon 1897, Cachan 1952).

Comment. Westwood (1837: 17) described Coptosoma maculata with the following note ‘Habitat in Brasilia?’ However, in the catalog part of the same paper the distribution is given as ‘ Madagascar?’ ( Westwood 1837: 5, as Platycephala maculata ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Plataspidae

Genus

Coptosoma

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