Buchananiella crassicornis Carayon, 1958

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 : 212

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scientific name	Buchananiella crassicornis Carayon, 1958
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Buchananiella crassicornis Carayon, 1958a: 154 . HOLOTYPE:, Ivory Coast (MNHN).

Distribution in India. Andhra Pradesh: Tirupati (MURALEEDHARAN & ANANTHAKRISHNAN 1974b); Kerala: Devikolam, Kallar, Nilgiris, Palghat, Walayar ( MURALEEDHARAN & ANANTHAKRISHNAN 1974b, 1978a); Tamil Nadu: Madras [= Chennai], Kallar ( MURALEEDHARAN & ANANTHAKRISHNAN 1974b, 1978a).

General distribution. Ivory Coast ( CARAYON 1958a), Japan ( YAMADA & HIROWATARI 2005), Malaysia ( YAMADA & HIROWATARI 2007a), Thailand ( YAMADA & HIROWATARI 2007a), Oman ( CARAPEZZA et al. 2014), United Arab Emirates ( CARAPEZZA et al. 2014).

Biology. The species is widely distributed in south India with records suggesting food preference for thrips Apelaunothrips consimilis (MURALEEDHARAN & ANANTHAKRISHNAN 1978a). This species was also reported to inhabit leaf litter layers in forests, and seems to feed on various small arthropods ( MURALEEDHARAN & ANANTHAKRISHNAN 1974b). In south-eastern Asia, this species was, however, never discovered in leaf litter layers in forests, but was found frequently on dead banana leaves ( YAMADA & HIROWATARI 2007a) and in Karnataka it was collected from dry fruits of Lagestromia flos-reginae. In Oman the species was found preying on mealy bugs infesting mango trees ( CARAPEZZA et al. 2014), in Ivory Coast it was found in nests of weaverbirds ( Passeriformes : Ploceidae ) ( CARAYON 1958a).

References

CARAPEZZA A., LINNAVUORI R. E. & KMENT P. 2014: Order Hemiptera, suborder Heteroptera. Infraorder Cimicomorpha, families Tingidae, Nabidae and Anthocoridae. Pp. 148 - 186. In: HARTEN A. VAN (ed.): Arthropod fauna of the United Arab Emirates. Vol. 5. Multiply Marketing Consultancy Services, Abu Dhabi, 744 pp.

CARAYON J. 1958 a: Un nouvel Anthocoridae omphalophore de Cote d'Ivoire (Hemiptera Heteroptera). Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Series 2 (30): 153 - 158.

MURALEEDHARAN N. & ANANTHAKRISHNAN T. N. 1974 b: The genus Buchananiella Reuter from India with description of a new species (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae). Oriental Insects 8: 33 - 35.

MURALEEDHARAN N. & ANANTHAKRISHNAN T. N. 1978 a: On the tribes Cardiastethini and Almeidini from South India (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae). Bulletin of the Zoological Survey of India 1: 65 - 70.

YAMADA K. & HIROWATARI T. 2005: First record of the genus Buchananiella Reuter (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae) from Japan, with description of a new species. Entomological Science 8: 73 - 78.

YAMADA K. & HIROWATARI T. 2007 a: A new Buchananiella Reuter (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) from Indochina and the Malay Peninsula, with a note on B. crassicornis Carayon. Zootaxa 1398: 29 - 36.