Harpedona sanguinipes Distant, 1909

Figs 2C, 5L–M, 15, 27A–B

Harpedona sanguinipes Distant, 1909: 441 .

Harpedona sanguinipes – Distant 1911b: 229 (descr.). — Stonedahl 1988: 28 (redescr., figs 16, 24).

Diagnosis

Recognized by the following characters: dorsum impunctate, brown to dark brown, pronotum and scutellum darker than hemelytron; antennal segments, all femora and bases of tibiae with a distinct reddish tinge, remaining parts of legs yellow (Fig. 2C); head width across eyes 0.78, vertex width 0.46; frons without median sulcus in both sexes; labium surpassing hind coxa; genital capsule with a long, narrow, medially projecting process of right wall, prominent projection of left wall, and large, dorsally directed process of ventral wall (Fig. 15A–B); left paramere strongly twisted at middle, apical process with subapical prong and rounded apex (Fig. 15C–D); right paramere leaf-like (Fig. 15E–F); phallotheca entirely membranous, simple (Fig. 15G–H).

Material examined

Lectotype

INDIA • ♂; Darjeeling, Pussumbing; 4700 ft a.s.l.; Oct.–Dec. 1906; H.H. Mann leg.; [handwritten label:] ” Harpedona marginata Dist., type “; NHM.

Other material

INDIA • 3 ♂♂; Meghalaya, Ri-Bhoi; 25°41ˊ N, 91°55ˊ E; 1031 m.a.s.l; 18 Oct 2019; D.M. Firake leg.; Ex: Colocasia esculenta; UASB .

Host

Many specimens sampled in Meghalaya were found breeding on Colocasia sp. ( Araceae) (Fig. 27A–B).

Distribution

Northeastern India, West Bengal and Meghalaya states.