Dioclerus bengalicus Stonedahl, 1988

Yeshwanth, H. M. & Konstantinov, Fedor V., 2021, Review of the plant bug tribe Eccritotarsini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) of India and Sri Lanka with description of two new genera and six new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 745, pp. 1-69 : 5

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2021.745.1311

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6C85E664-6DE6-442A-9410-D94254E429F5

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4690262

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BE301C0D-F860-FF8F-FDBD-88637567FB3B

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Dioclerus bengalicus Stonedahl, 1988
status

 

Dioclerus bengalicus Stonedahl, 1988 View in CoL

Figs 1A–B View Fig , 5A–C View Fig

Dioclerus bengalicus Stonedahl, 1988: 12 View in CoL , fig. 4.

Diagnosis

Recognized by the following characters: Dorsum pale golden brown, with a small diffuse brown spot on corium medioapically ( Fig. 1A View Fig ); antennal segments short, head twice as wide as length of segment I, segment II subequal to posterior width of pronotum; ninth abdominal segment ventrally with a pair of round black spots at sides ( Figs 1B View Fig , 5B View Fig ).

Material examined

Holotype

INDIA • ♀; West Bengal, Santiniketan; 18 Oct. 1837; T.C. Maa leg.; BPBM. [Physical specimen not seen; high quality images examined.]

Other material

INDIA • 1 ♀; Andaman and Nicobar Islands, north Andaman, Diglipur ; 13°14ˊ53.9˝ N, 92°58ˊ37.5˝ E; 15 m a.s.l.; 21 Apr. 2014; H.M. Yeshwanth leg.; at light; UASB GoogleMaps .

Distribution

Northeastern India and Andaman Islands (new record).

Remarks

The species was originally described and is still known from females only.

BPBM

USA, Hawaii, Honolulu, Bernice P. Bishop Museum

UASB

India, Bangalore, Karnataka, University of Agricultural Sciences

BPBM

Bishop Museum

UASB

University of Agricultural Sciences

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Miridae

Genus

Dioclerus

Loc

Dioclerus bengalicus Stonedahl, 1988

Yeshwanth, H. M. & Konstantinov, Fedor V. 2021
2021
Loc

Dioclerus bengalicus

Stonedahl G. M. 1988: 12
1988
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