Dioclerus bengalicus Stonedahl 1988

Abstract

Dioclerus bengalicus Stonedahl, 1988 Figs 1A–B, 5A–C Dioclerus bengalicus Stonedahl, 1988: 12, fig. 4. Diagnosis Recognized by the following characters: Dorsum pale golden brown, with a small diffuse brown spot on corium medioapically (Fig. 1A); antennal segments short, head twice as wide as length of segment I, segment II subequal to posterior width of pronotum; ninth abdominal segment ventrally with a pair of round black spots at sides (Figs 1B, 5B). Material examined Holotype INDIA • ♀; West Bengal, Santiniketan; 18 Oct. 1837; T.C. Maa leg.; BPBM. [Physical specimen not seen; high quality images examined.] Other material INDIA • 1 ♀; Andaman and Nicobar Islands, north Andaman, Diglipur; 13°14ˊ53.9˝ N, 92°58ˊ37.5˝ E; 15 m a.s.l.; 21 Apr. 2014; H.M. Yeshwanth leg.; at light; UASB. Distribution Northeastern India and Andaman Islands (new record). Remarks The species was originally described and is still known from females only.Published as part of Yeshwanth, H. M. & Konstantinov, Fedor V., 2021, Review of the plant bug tribe Eccritotarsini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) of India and Sri Lanka with description of two new genera and six new species, pp. 1-69 in European Journal of Taxonomy 745 on page 5, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.745.1311, http://zenodo.org/record/469036