First record of a coreid bug Anhomoeus fusiformis Hsiao (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Anhomoeini) from India

Authors

  • Sadashiv V. More Department of Zoology, R.B. Madkholkar Mahavidyalaya, Chandgad, Kolhapur District, Maharashtra 416509, India https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4212-1428
  • Hemant V. Ghate Post graduate Research Centre, Modern College of Arts Science and Commerce College, Shivajinagar, Pune, Mahatrashtra 411005, India https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4934-7542

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.4305.10.10.12407-12412

Keywords:

Coreidae, Anhomoeus, Additional description, Dalbergia sissoo, male-female genitalia

Abstract

A coreid bug Anhomoeus fusiformis Hsiao, 1963 is recorded for the first time from India; the species is described with several illustrations, including information about male and female genitalia. 

 

Author Biography

Hemant V. Ghate, Post graduate Research Centre, Modern College of Arts Science and Commerce College, Shivajinagar, Pune, Mahatrashtra 411005, India

Forner Head, Department of Zoology, Modern College, Shivajinagar, Pune 411005 (Retired in 2013)

References

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Hsiao, T. (1963). Results of the zoologico-botanical expedition to south-west China, 1955–1957 (Hemiptera, Coreidae). Acta Entomologica Sinica 12 (3): 310–344 (Original Chinese description page 327-28 and English Translation page 341 together)

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Published

26-09-2018

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 10 (2018)

Section

Short Communications

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