Metrocoris nigrofasciatus Distant, 1903
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https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v123/i3/2023/172670 |
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Metrocoris nigrofasciatus Distant, 1903 |
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32. Metrocoris nigrofasciatus Distant, 1903 View in CoL
1903. Metrocoris nigrofasciatus Distant, Fascic. Malayenses, Zool. , 1: 257, pl.xv, Fig. 9 View Figure 9 .
Material examined: 2 ex. Siju Cave (~ 50-100m inside the Cave), Siju village, South Garo Hills District , Meghalaya, 25 o 21.061’N, 90 o 41.006’E, 119m, 03.i.2020, coll. I. J. Kharkongor & party, Reg. No. IV / HEM /ERS-868 GoogleMaps .
Remarks: Kemp and China (1924) had recorded the occurrence of Metrocoris nigrofasciatus inside the Siju Cave based on collections made at 300ft., 400 ft. and 2000ft. from the cave entrance, and opined that it was a mere straggler and not a resident of the Cave.In the present study, only a few specimens of this species were observed well within the twilight zone of the Cave. Although they do not live or breed inside the cave, they do frequent the cave and utilize the limited food supply available there. The senior author has, on several occasions, observed the species in the caves of the East Jaiñtia Hills area besides Siju Cave and, though the species is not a cave resident, it should be considered a component of the fauna of the caves where they are found.
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