Xylocoris (Arrostelus) flavipes ( Reuter, 1875 )

Ballal, Chandish R., Akbar, Shahid Ali, Yamada, Kazutaka, Wachkoo, Aijaz Ahmad & Varshney, Richa, 2018, Annotated catalogue of the flower bugs from India (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae, Lasiochilidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 58 (1), pp. 207-226 : 220-221

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Xylocoris (Arrostelus) flavipes ( Reuter, 1875)

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Piezostethus flavipes Reuter,1875: 65 . LECTOTYPE (designated by PÉRICART 1970: 746, as ‘type’): ♀, Algeria, Biskara (MNHN).

Triphleps sinui Narayanan & Chatterji, 1952: 164. HOLOTYPE: (brachypterous), India, Delhi (NPCI). Synonymized by CARAYON & STEFFAN (1959: 55).

Triphleps ramae Narayanan & Chatterji, 1953: 121. HOLOTYPE: (brachypterous), India, Delhi (NPCI). Synonymized by CARAYON & STEFFAN (1959: 55).

For further synonyms and references of this species see PÉRICART (1996).

Material examined. INDIA: KARNATAKA: Hebbal, 18.xii.2015, 9 7 ♀♀ ( NBAIR). RAJASTHAN: Alwar, Naranimata env., 27°08 ʹ 22 ″ N 76°20 ʹ 38 ″ E, 31.vii.2002, 1 ♀ (brach.), P. Šrámek lgt. ( NMPC) .

Distribution in India. Andhra Pradesh (BALLAL & YAMADA 2016); Assam ( BALLAL & YAMADA 2016); Himachal Pradesh ( BALLAL & YAMADA 2016); Jammu and Kashmir (Ladakh) ( BHAGAT 2015); Karnataka: Bangalore, Hebbal (this paper); Kerala ( BALLAL & YAMADA 2016); Rajastan: Alwar (this paper); Sikkim ( BALLAL & YAMADA 2016); Tamil Nadu ( BALLAL & YAMADA 2016).

General distribution. Cosmotropical, widespread mainly in the Old World tropics and subtropics and is assumed to be non-indigenous in the Oriental Region ( YAMADA et al. 2013). Occasionally introduced to storages in Europe and the USA ( HENRY 1988, CASSIS & GROSS 1995, PÉRICART 1996, CARPINTERO 2002).

Biology. In India found mainly in stored grains like wheat and rice and feeds on several storage pests including Tribolium castaneum (Herbst, 1797) ( MUKHERJEE et al. 1971, BALLAL & YAMADA 2016) and bruchids. The species has been reported to predate on 13 species of insects belonging

to three orders ( ARBOGAST 1976). In India, besides being recorded in storage bins and warehouses, also recorded on Butea monosperma, Ficus sp. and maize, found associated with Megalurothrips sp. and a few mealybugs (Planococcus citri) (this paper).

References

ARBOGAST R. T. 1976: Suppression of Oryzaephilus surinamensis (L.) (Coleoptera: Cucujidae) on shelled corn by the predator Xylocoris flavipes (Reuter) (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae). Journal of Georgia Entomological Society 11: 67 - 71.

BALLAL C. R. & YAMADA K. 2016: Anthocorid predators. Pp. 329 - 366. In: OMKAR (eds): Ecofriendly pest management for food security. Elsevier, London, 727 pp.

BHAGAT R. C. 2015: Diversity and updated systematic checklist of Cimicomorpha bugs (Heteroptera: Hemiptera) of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh Himalaya (India). Indian Journal of Fundamental and Applied Life Sciences 5 (1): 275 - 279.

CARAYON J. & STEFFAN J. R. 1959: Observations sur le regime alimentaire des Orius et particulierement, d'Orius pallidicornis (Reuter) (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae). Cahiers des Naturalistes, Bulletin des Naturalistes Parisiens, Nouvelle Serie 15: 53 - 63.

CARPINTERO D. L. 2002: Catalogue of the Neotropical Anthocoridae. Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina 61: 25 - 44.

CASSIS G. & GROSS G. F. 1995: Hemiptera: Heteroptera (Coleorrhyncha to Cimicormorpha). Anthocoridae. Pp. 23 - 42. In: HOUSTON W. W. K. & MAYNARD G. V. (eds): Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 27. 3 A. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, xv + 506 pp.

HENRY T. J. 1988: Family Anthocoridae. Pp. 12 - 28. In: HENRY T. J. & FROESCHNER R. C. (eds.): Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. E. J. Brill, Leiden, New York, Kobenhaven, Koln, xix + 958 pp.

MUKHERJEE A. B., CHAUDHURY A. K. S., BRONNIMAN H. & CHU Y. 1971: Artificial diets for rearing of Xylocoris flavipes (Reuter), a predator of some pests of stored cereals. Indian Journal of Entomology 33: 356 - 358.

NARAYANAN E. S. & CHATTERJI S. 1952: A new species of Triphleps (Hem. Het. Anthocoridae) predaceous on storage pests in India. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of Bengal 5: 163 - 166.

PERICART J. 1970: Designation de neotypes, lectotypes et paralectotypes pour diverses especes palearctiques d'Anthocoridae et Microphysidae (Hemiptera). Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, Nouvelle Serie 6: 733 - 755.

PERICART J. 1996: Family Anthocoridae Fieber, 1836 - flower bugs, minute pirate bugs. Pp. 108 - 140. In: AUKEMA B. & RIEGER CH. (eds.): Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region. Vol. 2. Cimicomorpha I. The Netherlands Entomological Society, Amsterdam, xiv + 361 pp.

REUTER O. M. 1875: Genera Cimicidarum Europae. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 3: 1 - 66.

YAMADA K., YASUNAGA T. & ARTCHAWAKOM T. 2013: The genus Xylocoris found from plant debris in Thailand, with description of a new species of the subgenus Arrostelus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Anthocoridae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53: 493 - 504.

Figures

Figs 1–12. Habitus photographs of selected Indian Anthocoridae. 1 – Amphiareus constrictus (Stål, 1860); 2 – Anthocoris muraleedharani Yamada, 2010; 3 – Physopleurella armata Poppius, 1909, from Thailand; 4 – Xylocoris (Arrostelus) flavipes (Reuter, 1875); 5 – Xylocoris (Proxylocoris) afer (Reuter, 1884); 6 – Blaptostethoides sp.; 7 – Montandoniola indica Yamada, 2011 (source: www.nbair.res.in); 8 – Xylocoris (Arrostelus) ampoli Yamada & Yasunaga, 2013; 9 – Carayonocoris indicus Muraleedharan, 1977; 10 – Xylocoris (Proxylocoris) confusus Carayon, 1972; 11 – Bilia sp. (this specimen is not examined); 12 – Buchananiella indica Muraleedharan, 1977. Photo credits: C. Ballal (1–2, 4–7, 9–12), K. Yamada (3, 8).

Figs 13–18. Habitus photographs of selected Indian Anthocoridae. 13 – Cardiastethus exiguus Poppius, 1913, feeding on papaya mealybug; 14 – Orius (Dimorphella) tantillus (Motschulsky, 1863), feeding on eggs of Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, 1808); 15 – Cardiastethus affinis Poppius, 1909, feeding on scale insects; 16–17 – Blaptostethus pallescens Poppius, 1909, feeding on thrips and Spodoptera litura eggs; 18 – Xylocoris (Arrostelus) flavipes (Reuter, 1875), feeding on mite. Photo credits: C. Ballal.

Figs 19–27. Life stages of Indian anthocorids (egg, nymph, adult). 19–21 – Cardiastethus exiguus Poppius, 1913; 22–24 – Blaptostethus pallescens Poppius, 1909; 25–27 – Xylocoris flavipes (Reuter, 1875). Photo credits: C. Ballal.