Melamphaus rubrocinctus (Stal)

Saha, P. C., Biswas, B., Hassan, M. E., Chandra, Kailash, Kushwaha, Sandeep & Praveen, K., 2017, On an account of superfamily Phyyrocoroidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Chhattishgarh, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (2), pp. 146-153 : 150

10. Melamphaus rubrocinctus (Stal)

1863. Dysdercus rubrocinctus Stal, Berl. Ent.Zeitschr , 7: 403.

1904. Melamphaus rubrocinctus : Distant, Fauna Brit. India,

Rhynchota , 2: 108.

2010. Melamphaus rubrocinctus : Saha and Bal. Fauna of

Uttarakhand, State Fauna Series, 18 (2):251.

Material examined: 1ex, Badbhum F. R. H., Dist-Durg, Lat-20 o 14′19. 7″, Long-81 o 59′49. 1″, Alt- 440m, 28. iii. 2014, S. K. Gupta & R. P. Gupta Party Coll .

Diagnostic characters: Body reddish brown to dark brown; Antennae completely black. Head brownish red, with a small spot at base; pronotum, scutellum, corium, membrane pitchy black; two oblique reddish fasciae present at lateral and posterior margin of pronotum; apical margin of membrane smoky brown.

Length: 19-25 m.m.

Distribution: India: Chhattisgarh (Dist-Durg), Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Borneo, Mallacca, Myanmar, Philippines.