Xylocoris (Proxylocoris) afer ( Reuter, 1884 )

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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scientific name	Xylocoris (Proxylocoris) afer ( Reuter, 1884 )
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Xylocoris (Proxylocoris) afer ( Reuter, 1884)

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Piezostethus (Piezostethus) afer Reuter, 1884:38 . LECTOTYPE (designated by PÉRICART 1970: 748): ♀, South Africa, Damara (NHRS).

Xylocoris afer : PÉRICART (1970): 748 (treated as Xylocoris View in CoL without any comment on new generic combination).

Xylocoris (Proxylocoris) afer : CARAYON (1972b): 595 (new subgeneric placement).

Material examined. INDIA: KARNATAKA: Bangalore, Hebbal, viii.2012, 2 13 ♀♀ ( TKPM, NBAIR) .

Distribution in India. Karnataka: Bangalore ( BALLAL & YAMADA 2016).

General distribution. Australia ( CASSIS & GROSS 1995), Israel ( PÉRICART 1996), New Guinea ( PÉRICART 1996), subtropical and tropical Africa ( PÉRICART 1996), tropical America ( CARPINTERO 2002), Yemen ( LINNAVUORI & VAN HARTEN 2002).

Biology. Reported from the dry fruits of Ficus and Lagerstromia flos-reginae ( BALLAL & YAMADA 2016).

References

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

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.

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.

LINNAVUORI R. E. & HARTEN A. VAN 2002: Additional notes on the Heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera) of Yemen II. Esperiana 9: 157 - 188.

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. 1884: Monographia Anthocoridarum Orbis terrestris. Helsingforsiae, 204 pp. [Also published in Acta Societatis Scientiarum Fennicae 14 [1885]: 555 - 758.]

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).