Scantius forsteri Gerstacker

Saha, P. C., Biswas, B., Hassan, M. E., Chandra, Kailash, Kushwaha, Sandeep & Praveen, K., 2017, On an account of superfamily Phyyrocoroidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Chhattishgarh, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (2), pp. 146-153 : 151

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12. Scantius forsteri Gerstacker

1873. Scantius forsteri Gerstacker, In. V. D. Deckens reise. 3: 413.

1903. Scantius forsteri : Distant, Fauna Brit. India, Rhynchota , 2: 117. 1994. Scantius forsteri : Sen et al., Fauna of West Bengal. State Fauna

Series 3: 443.

Material examined: 1ex, Badbhum F. R. H., Dist-Durg, Lat-N20 o 14′19. 7″, Long-E81 o 59′49. 7″, Alt- 440m, 28. iii. 2014, S. K. Gupta & R. P. Gupta Party Coll

Diagnostic Characters: Body black; pronotum with anterior and lateral margins and a central basal linear spot, apex of scutellum, basal lateral margins of corium, apical lateral margins of abdomen above, lateral margins of sternum, and anterior margin of pro- sternum, blood equal in length, third joint shorter than fourth.

Length: 7-8 m. m.

Distribution: India: Chhattisgarh (Dist- Durg); Bihar.

Elsewhere: Madagascar, South Africa, Seychelles Islands.