Leptopus travancorensis Distant, 1910

Khazaei, Zohreh, Polhemus, Dan A. & Tahami, Mohadeseh S., 2020, A new species of Leptopus (Heteroptera: Leptopodidae) from caves in Iran, with notes on other cavernicolous Iranian Heteroptera, Zootaxa 4763 (2), pp. 246-258 : 254

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4763.2.7

publication LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3515C2C5-F905-4280-9D2B-AC9326E6525F

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3806432

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F2C940-FF81-FF8F-FF4E-098CFBB52CCC

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scientific name

Leptopus travancorensis Distant, 1910
status

 

Leptopus travancorensis Distant, 1910 View in CoL

Leptopus travancorensis Distant 1910: 225 View in CoL .

Material examined. INDIA, Karnataka: 1 male, Chikkaballapura, S. India, T. V. Campbell ( USNM ex Drake).

Discussion. The coloration of this species is medium yellowish-brown, without strongly contrasting light or dark markings. The central tumescence on the vertex is roughly triangular in shape, with the apex directed anteriorly. Dark yellow, ovate spots are moderately well developed behind the eyes.

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Leptopodidae

Genus

Leptopus

Loc

Leptopus travancorensis Distant, 1910

Khazaei, Zohreh, Polhemus, Dan A. & Tahami, Mohadeseh S. 2020
2020
Loc

Leptopus travancorensis

Distant, W. L. 1910: 225
1910
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