Graptostethus servus (Fabricius, 1787)

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27. Graptostethus servus (Fabricius, 1787)

1787. Cimex servus Fabricius, Mant. Ins. , 2: 300.

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Paper No. 107: 18.

2010. Graptostethus servus : Saha et al., Fauna of Uttarakhand, State Fauna

Series, 18 (Part-2): 224.

2016. Metochus uniguttatus Saha et al. ; Rec. zool. Surv. India, 116 (2): 170-

171.

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

Kolkata, 6.v.2014, P. C. Saha Coll. (light trap)

Diagnostic characters: Body reddish brown in colour, pilose. Apex or whole central area of head, inner margin of eyes, an anterior and two posterior spots on pronotum, pairs of spots on corium and membrane dark brown or black in colour. Rostrum relatively longer and reaching the hind coxae.

Length: 8 to 9 m.m.

Distribution: India: West Bengal (Dist. Kolkata); Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand. Elsewhere: Algeria, Australia, China, Ethiopia, France, Indonesia, Japan, Java, Malaya, Maldive Island, Myanmar, Philippines Is., Singapore, Spain, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tibet and Turkey.