Physopleurella armata Poppius, 1909

Ballal, Chandish R., Akbar, Shahid Ali, Yamada, Kazutaka, Wachkoo, Aijaz Ahmad & Varshney, Richa, 2018, Annotated catalogue of the flower bugs from India (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae, Lasiochilidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 58 (1), pp. 207-226 : 214

Physopleurella armata Poppius, 1909

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Physopleurella armata Poppius, 1909: 12 . SYNTYPES: 2, Japan, Bukenji (HNHM); unknown number of specimens, New Guinea, Haveri (MCSN).

Material examined. INDIA: KARNATAKA: Kunigal, viii.2016, 1 ♀ ( TKPM) .

Distribution in India. Karnataka: Kunigal. New record from India.

General distribution. Australia ( GROSS 1954), Japan (POPPIUS 1909), New Guinea ( POPPIUS 1909), Hawaii ( PÉRICART 1996), China ( BU & ZHENG 2001), Philippines ( YAMADA & HIROWATARI 2007b), Thailand ( YAMADA & HIROWATARI 2007b), Vietnam ( YAMADA & HIROWATARI 2007b), Korea ( JUNG et al. 2013).

Biology. In India it was collected from coconut leaflets (this paper).

Figures

Figs 1–12. Habitus photographs of selected Indian Anthocoridae. 1 – Amphiareus constrictus (Stål, 1860); 2 – Anthocoris muraleedharani Yamada, 2010; 3 – Physopleurella armata Poppius, 1909, from Thailand; 4 – Xylocoris (Arrostelus) flavipes (Reuter, 1875); 5 – Xylocoris (Proxylocoris) afer (Reuter, 1884); 6 – Blaptostethoides sp.; 7 – Montandoniola indica Yamada, 2011 (source: www.nbair.res.in); 8 – Xylocoris (Arrostelus) ampoli Yamada & Yasunaga, 2013; 9 – Carayonocoris indicus Muraleedharan, 1977; 10 – Xylocoris (Proxylocoris) confusus Carayon, 1972; 11 – Bilia sp. (this specimen is not examined); 12 – Buchananiella indica Muraleedharan, 1977. Photo credits: C. Ballal (1–2, 4–7, 9–12), K. Yamada (3, 8).