Euscopus, Stål, 1870

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 : 149-150

8. Euscopus albatus Distant 1909

1909. Euscopus albatus Distant, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 8: 496. 1910. Euscopus albatus:Distant, Fauna Brit. India, Rhynchota ., 5:

94.

Material examined: 1ex, Bhanpuri F. R. H., Dist- Jagdalpur, Lat-19 o 19′35. 1″, Long-81 o 50′08. 8″, Alt- 594m,

20. x. 2011, R. P. Gupta & Renu Coll;1ex, Badbhum F. R. H., dist-Durg, Lat-20 o 34′22. 5″, long-81 o 19′4. 4″, Alt- 419m , 14. ii. 2014, S. K. Gupta & R. P. Gupta Coll; 1ex, Badbhum F. R. H., Dist-Durg , Lat-20 o 19′14. 7″, Long- 81 o 59′49. 7″, Alt- 440m , 29. iii. 2014, S. K. Gupta & R. P. Gupta Coll; 1ex, Badbhum F. R. H., Dist-Durg , Lat- 20 o 34′22. 5″, Long-81 o 19′4. 4″, Alt- 419m , 8. ii. 2014, S. K. Gupta & R. P. Gupta Coll; 4ex, Badbhum F. R. H., Dist-Durg , Lat-20 o 14′19. 7″, Long-81 o 59′47. 8″, Alt- 440m , 29. iii. 2014, S. K. Gupta & R. P. Gupta Coll; 1ex, Badbhum F. R. H., Dist-Durg , Lat-20 o 19′14. 7″, Long-81 o 59′49. 7″, Alt- 440m , 01. iv. 2014, S. K. Gupta & R. P. Gupta Party Coll; 2exs, Badbhum F. R. H., Dist-Durg , Lat-N20 o 14′19. 7″, Long-E81 o 59′49. 7″, Alt- 440m , 28. iii. 2014, 3exs, Badbhum F. R. H., Dist-Durg , lat-20 o 14′19. 7″, Long- 81 o 59′49. 8″, Alt- 440m , 31. iii. 2014, S. K. Gupta & R. P. Gupta Party Coll; 3exs, Badbhum F. R. H, Dist-Durg , Lat- 20 o 14′19. 7″, Long-81 o 59′49. 8″, Alt- 440m , 30. iii. 2014, S. K. Gupta & R. P. Gupta Party Coll .

Diagnostic characters: Body and hemelytra pitchy brown; membrane yellow with a slight tinge of brown; lateral margins of the pronotum and corium, and a short broad basal subcostal fascia to corium, yellow with a slight tinge of brown; an irregular transverse fascia before apex of corium white with dark punctures; abdomen beneath more or less cretaceously tomentose, the stigmata black; legs brownish yellow with a slight of brown; antennae with the fourth joint Black with red, its and third together, second and fourth subequal in length,

slight central longitudinal ridge; posterior pronotal lobe distinctly punctuate, the lateral margin strongly sinuate, the transverse impression dividing the lobes profound, the anterior lobe a little raised and almost smooth; scutellum and corium somewhat thickly punctuate; rostrum almost reaching the posterior coxae; anterior femora strongly spined beneath.

Length: 8. 5mm

Distribution: India: Chhattisgarh (Dist – Durg, Jagdalpur), Maharashtra.