Montandoniola moraguesi (Puton)

Yamada, Kazutaka, Hirowatari, Toshiya, Susila, Wayan & Okajima, Shûji, 2007, The flower bug genus Montandoniola Poppius (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Anthocoridae) from Indonesia, with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 1604, pp. 37-45 : 38

Montandoniola moraguesi (Puton)

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Montandoniella moraguesi Puton, 1896: 233 . Péricart (1996) provides a detailed synonymy.

Diagnosis. Recognized by the following characters: Head, thorax, and abdomen black to brownish black. Antennae dark brown; segments III and IV pale yellow. Rostrum dark brown; all of segment III and basal segment of IV pale yellow. Hemelytra dark brown with clear central area. Legs dark brown; fore– and mid tibiae and tarsi pale yellow; hind legs entirely dark brown with pale yellow tarsi. Copulatory tube located mesally at sternum VII and and somewhat separated from base of ovipositor.

Material examined. INDONESIA: 1Ψ ( Fig. 1 ), Java, Yogyakarta, Gadjah Mada Univ., 17.viii.2005, T. Ishikawa.

Distribution. Europe, North and Central Africa, Asia ( Israel, India, Indonesia, Philippines, China, Japan), Australia, Micronesia, U.S.A.

Figures

FIGURE 1 – 4. Montandoniola spp. in dorsal view. 1, M. moraguesi (Puton), female; 2, M. ishikawai n. sp, male, paratype; 3, M. bellatula n. sp., male, holotype; 4, ditto, female, paratype.