Mertila bhamo Stonedahl, 1988

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Mertila bhamo Stonedahl, 1988

Fig. 8A–C

Mertila bhamo Stonedahl, 1988: 37 .

Diagnosis

Recognized by the following characters: Total length 5.5–6.3; antennal segment II dark brown, subequal to head width; anterior part of body broadly reddish, head, pronotum and scutellum bright reddish, base of hemelytron reddish at level with apex of scutellum, remainder bluish black ( Fig. 8A ); tibiae brown; genital capsule dorsally with two strongly twisted, tapering, hollow tubular processes ( Fig. 8C ).

Material examined

Holotype

BURMA • ♂; Bhamo ; 24.244° N, 97.232° E; Aug. 1885; Fea leg.; NHM.

Other material

INDIA • 1 ♀; port interception without locality data; 22 Jul. 1939; Ex. Vanda sp.; USNM .

Distribution

Burma. Record from India needs confirmation.

Figures

Fig. 8. Dorsal view, male genitalia and label data of type specimens for Mertila spp. A–C. Mertila bhamo Stonedahl, 1988, holotype, AMNH_PBI 00342529, NHM. D–E. Mertila malayensis Distant, 1904, ♂, lectotype, NHMUK010096278, NHM. F. Mertila malayensis Distant, 1904, paralectotype, AMNH_PBI 00342600, NHM. G. Mertila sarawak Stonedahl,1988, holotype, ♂, NHMUK010096279, NHM. H. Mertila sarawak Stonedahl, 1988, paratype, AMNH_PBI 00342601, NHM.