Helopeltis theivora Waterhouse, 1886

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2. Helopeltis theivora Waterhouse, 1886

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459.

1889. Helopeltis febriculosa Bergroth, Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine, 25:

271-272.

1904. Helopeltis oryx Distant, Fauna. Brit. India, Rhynchota, 2 (2): 243-503.

1939. Helopeltis theobromae Miller, Bull. Ento. Res., 30: 343-344.

1957. Helopeltis theivora Carvalho, Arch. Mus. Nac. (Rio de J.), 44: 158 pp.

1991. Helopeltis theivora Stonedahl, Bull. Ent. Res., 81: 465-490.

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

Kolkata, 5.v. 2014, P.C. Saha Coll.

Diagnostic characters: Head and pronotum straw coloured with a shade of brown, head beneath with a lateral grey fascia on each side; scutellum brown to black; antennae dark brown, 1st joint paler, femora dark brown with dark brown spots, tibiae yellow brown, abdomen pale with a slight tinge of brown.

Length: 6-7 mm.

Distribution: India: West Bengal (Kolkata), Assam, Himachal Pradesh; Sikkim. Elsewhere: China; Hainan Is; Java; Malaya; Sumatra; Sri Lanka, Thailand.