Physopelta schlansbuschi (Fabricius 1787)

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 : 148

4. Physopelta schlansbuschi (Fabricius 1787)

1787. Cimex schlansbuschi Fabricius., Mant. Ins ., 2: 299.

1904. Physopelta schlansbuschi : Distant, Fauna Brit. India,

Rhynchota , 2: 99.

2010. Physopelta schlansbuschi : Saha and Bal. Fauna of Uttarakhand.

State Fauna Series, 18 (2):247-248.

Material examined: 1ex, Badbhum F. R. H., Dist-Durg, Lat-N20 o 14′19. 7″, Long-E81 o 59′49. 7″, Alt- 440m, 28. iii. 2014, S. K. Gupta & R. P. Gupta Party Coll .

Diagnostic characters: Body reddish brown, antennae, apex of rostrum, two large transverse spots near anterior margin of posterior lobe, two spots on anterior lobe of pronotum, scutellum, a rounded discal spot on corium. membrane, a lateral series of long transverse linear spots on sterna and abdominal incisures, tibiae and tarsi black;

second joints almost sub – equal in length, or second a little longer; posterior area of pronotum sparingly but very coarsely punctuate; clavus and corium much more

Length: 13-16 m. m.

Distribution: India: Chhattisgarh (Dist- Durg); Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: China, Hong- Kong, Myanmar.