Rhyparothesus sparsus (Distant, 1904)

Chandra, Kailash, Saha, P. C., Biswas, B., Hassan, M. E., Praveen, K., Kushwaha, Sandeep & Mukherjee, Paramita, 2020, An account of Heteropteran Bugs collected by Light Trap in and around Dum Dum (Kolkata), West Bengal, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 120 (1), pp. 65-83 : 71

14. Rhyparothesus sparsus (Distant, 1904)

1904. Aphanus sparsus Distant, Fn. Brit. Ind. Rhynchota. , 2: 81.

1909. Aphanus dudgeon Distant, Ann. Mag . Nat. Hist., (8) 3: 336.

1964. Rhyparothesus sparsus Slater. A. Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the

World 2: 1289.

2016. Rhyparothesus sparsus : Saha et al.; Rec. Zool. Surv. India, 116 (2): 155.

Material examined: 1ex, Raja Bagan, Dum Dum, Dist.

Kolkata, 5.v. 2014, P.C. Saha Coll. (Light trap).

Diagnostic characters: Body grayish brown, sprinkled with dark brown spots; antennae dark brown, apical joint darker; pronotum broader at base, margins ampliated and convex; apex of scutelum yellow; legs yellow brown, femora speckled with black spots; rostrum light brown; membrane pale grey.

Length: 7 m. m.

Distribution: India: West Bengal (Kolkata), Assam,

Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand.