Temnostethus (Ectemnus) paradoxus ( Hutchinson, 1934 )

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 : 210

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Temnostethus (Ectemnus) paradoxus ( Hutchinson, 1934)

Ectemnus paradoxus Hutchinson,1934:134 . HOLOTYPE:, India, ‘ Indian Tibet’ , Igu , in the Indus Valley above Leh (PMNH).

Temnostethus (Ectemnus) paradoxus : PÉRICART (1972): 84 (Ectemnus downgraded to the subgenus of Temnostethus View in CoL ).

Distribution in India. Jammu and Kashmir: Ladakh ( HUTCHINSON 1934, MANI & SINGH 1961, BHAGAT 2015).

General distribution. Endemic.

Biology. The type series was collected on the bark of Populus sp. at altitude of 2417 m a.s.l. ( HUTCHINSON 1934). BHAGAT (2015) reported it from high-altitude regions of Ladakh (3000 m a.s.l.), where it inhabits economically important crops and feeds on several aphid genera including Anuraphis, Amphicercidus, Aphis, Brachycaudus, Macrosiphoneilla and Pemphigus.

References

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.

HUTCHINSON G. E. 1934: Report on terrestrial families of Heteroptera, Article III. Memoirs of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 10 (8): 119 - 146.

MANI M. S. & SINGH S. 1961: Entomological Survey of Himalaya Part XXVI. A contribution to our knowledge of geography of the high-altitude insects of the nival zones from the North-west Himalaya. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society 58: 387 - 406.

PERICART J. 1972: Hemipteres Anthocoridae, Cimicidae, Microphysidae de l'Ouest-Palearctique. Faune de l'Europe et du bassin Mediterraneen. Vol. 7. Masson et Cie Editeurs, Paris, 402 pp.