Spilostethus hospes (Fabricius, 1794)

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26. Spilostethus hospes (Fabricius, 1794)

1794. Lygaeus hospes Fabricius, Ent. Syst. , 4: 150.

1914. Spilostethus hospes : Bergroth, Ent. Mitteil, 2: 356.

1988. Spilostethus hospes : Mukhopadhyay, Rec. Zool. Surv. India. Occ. Paper No. 107: 15 – 16.

2010. Spilostethus hospes : Saha et al., Fauna of Uttarakhand, State Fauna Series, 18 (2):223

2016. Metochus uniguttatus Saha et al. ; Rec. Zool. Surv. India, 116 (2): 169-170.

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

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

Diagnostic characters: Body red, finely pilose; rostrum passing the hind coxae; hind femora unarmed. Apex of head, inner margins of eyes, two broad central spots to pronotum, a large central spot to corium, membrane, disks of sternum and abdomen, antennae, rostrum and legs black in colour.

Length: 10 - 13 m.m.

Distribution: India: West Bengal (Dist. Kolkata), Assam, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra. Elsewhere: Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Java, Iran, Australia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatra.