Verrucachernes oca Chamberlin, 1947

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Verrucachernes oca Chamberlin, 1947

( Fig. 6 E)

Verrucachernes oca Chamberlin 1947: 313 –316, figs 3a–i; Harvey 1991: 639.

Microchernes orientalis Beier 1951: 92 –93, fig 27 (synonymized by Harvey 1988).

Distribution. Bhutan; Cambodia; China (Sichuan, Yunnan); Federated States of Micronesia; Guam ( Oca Point; type locality); Indonesia (Krakatau Islands, Sumba); Marshall Islands; Nepal; Northern Mariana Islands; Papua New Guinea; Solomon Islands; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Vietnam.

Previous records. Sabaragamuwa Province: Two Miles NNE Belihul Oya; Allerton Estate, 1 mile SW Rakwana, Kegalle ( Beier 1973).

New record. Northwestern Province: Puttalam District: L 22.

Remarks. Found in leaf litter in Wanathavilluwa.

Figures

FIGURE 6. A. Nhatrangia ceylonensis, female, Maradanmaduwa. B. Ceriochernes besucheti, male, Ethagala Range. C. Parachernes (Parachernes) cocophilus, male, Pilikuttuwa. D. Parachernes (Parachernes) cocophilus, female, Ridigama. E. Verrucachernes oca, male, Wanathavillua. F. Verrucachernes cf. oca, nymph, Bopath Ella. G. Cryptocheiridium sp., Inginiyagala. H – K (all under bark of Jackfruit tree), H. Adult males of Paratemnoides pallidus (above) and Parachernes (Parachernes) cocophilus from Kurunegala. I. Adult P. (P.) cocophilus, male and P. pallidus nymph in chamber-like structure. J. P. (P.) cocophilus male grabbing a nymph of P. pallidus. K. P. (P.) cocophilus, colony with P. pallidus female (right).