Xylocoris (Proxylocoris) clarus ( Distant, 1910 )

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 : 221

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Xylocoris (Proxylocoris) clarus ( Distant, 1910)

Septicius clarus Distant, 1910: 296 . SYNTYPE (S): India, Calcutta [= Kolkata] (BMNH).

Xylocoris clarus : CARAYON (1972a): 347 (new combination).

Xylocoris (Proxylocoris) clarus : CARAYON (1972b): 597 (new subgeneric placement).

Type material examined. SYNTYPE: ♀, ‘Type / H. T.’ [printed circle with red border], ‘Calcutta’ [handwritten], ‘Distant Coll. / 1911–383’ [printed], ‘Septicius / clarus / Dist’ [Distant’s handwritten] ( BMNH).

Distribution in India. Meghalaya: Garo Hills, Songsak ( MURALEEDHARAN 1977a); West Bengal: Kolkata ( DISTANT 1910).

General distribution. Outside India known only from Myanmar ( DISTANT 1910, CARAYON 1972b).

Biology. A leaf-litter inhabiting species feeding on insects and mites including the thrips species Apelaunothrips madrasensis (Ananthakrishnan, 1964) and A. indicus (Ananthakrishnan, 1968) ( MURALEEDHARAN & ANANTHAKRISHNAN 1978b).

References

CARAYON J. 1972 a: Caracteres systematiques et classification des Anthocoridae (Hemipt.). Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, Nouvelle Serie 8: 309 - 349.

CARAYON J. 1972 b: Le genre Xylocoris: subdivision et especes nouvelles [Hem. Anthocoridae]. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, Nouvelle Serie 8: 579 - 606.

DISTANT W. L. 1910: Rhynchota. - Vol. V. Heteroptera: Appendix. In: SHIPLEY A. E. & MARSHALL G. A. K. (eds.): The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Taylor and Francis, London, xii + 362 pp.

MURALEEDHARAN N. 1977 a: Notes on a collection of Lyctocorinae (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) from Garo Hills (Meghalaya). Records of the Zoological Survey of India 73: 239 - 246.

MURALEEDHARAN N. & ANANTHAKRISHNAN T. N. 1978 b: Bioecology of four species of Anthocoridae (Hemiptera: Insecta) predaceous on thrips, with key to genera of anthocorids from India. Occasional Paper, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 11: 1 - 32.