Alofa sodalis ( White, 1879 )

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 : 211

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scientific name	Alofa sodalis ( White, 1879 )
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Alofa sodalis ( White, 1879)

Cardiastethus sodalis Buchanan-White, 1879: 142 . SYNTYPE (S): sex not indicated, United States, Hawaiian Islands (HNHM).

Buchananiella sodalis : REUTER (1884): 681 (new combination).

Alofa sodalis : HERRING (1976): 150 (new combination).

Distribution in India. No detailed locality given ( NASSER & ABDURAHIMAN 1990, as Buchananiella sodalis ).

General distribution. This species is widespread throughout the tropics and subtropics of the world: tropical Africa, Pacific Islands, North, Central and South America, West Indies ( CARAYON 1958a, CARPINTERO 2002, LATTIN 2007). It is considered to be native to the Hawaiian Islands ( LATTIN 2007).

References

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.

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

HERRING J. L. 1976: Keys to genera of Anthocoridae of America North of Mexico, with description of a new genus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Florida Entomologist 59: 143 - 150.

LATTIN J. D. 2007: The Lasiochilidae and Anthocoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador: introduced or native? Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 109: 605 - 610.

NASSER M. & ABDURAHIMAN U. C. 1990: Reproductive biology and predatory behaviour of the anthocorid bugs (Anthocoridae: Hemiptera) associated with the coconut caterpillar, Opisina arenosella (Walker). Entomon 15: 149 - 158.

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

WHITE F. B. 1879: Descriptions of new Anthocoridae. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 16 [1879 - 1880]: 142 - 148.