Xylocoris (Proxylocoris) confusus Carayon, 1972

Ballal, Chandish R., Akbar, Shahid Ali, Yamada, Kazutaka, Wachkoo, Aijaz Ahmad & Varshney, Richa, 2018, Annotated catalogue of the flower bugs from India (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae, Lasiochilidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 58 (1), pp. 207-226 : 221

Xylocoris (Proxylocoris) confusus Carayon, 1972

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Xylocoris (Proxylocoris) confusus Carayon, 1972b: 598 . HOLOTYPE: ♀, Mauritania, Bafrechie (MNHN).

Material examined. INDIA: KARNATAKA: Bangalore, Yelahanka, ix.2014, 6 15 ♀♀ ( TKPM, NBAIR) . RAJASTHAN: 40 km N. by road of Dausa, Alwar, Khoh-Dariba, 380 m, 30.ix.2002, 1 1 ♀, P. Šrámek lgt. ( NMPC); 20 km N. of Dausa, Golakabas env., 380 m, Sariska reserve, 27°05 ʹ 46 ″ N 76°17 ʹ 18 ″ E, 9.–31.x.2002, 1 3 ♀♀, P. Šrámek lgt. ( NMPC) .

Distribution in India. Karnataka: Bangalore ( BALLAL & YAMADA 2016, this paper); Rajasthan: Dausa, Alwar (this paper).

General distribution. North and north-eastern Africa, Mauritania, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Iran ( CARAYON 1972b, GHAURI 1985, PÉRICART 1996, LINNAVUORI 2004, CARAPEZZA et al. 2014).

Biology. Reported from maize (Zea mays) plantations ( BALLAL & YAMADA 2016).

Figures

Figs 1–12. Habitus photographs of selected Indian Anthocoridae. 1 – Amphiareus constrictus (Stål, 1860); 2 – Anthocoris muraleedharani Yamada, 2010; 3 – Physopleurella armata Poppius, 1909, from Thailand; 4 – Xylocoris (Arrostelus) flavipes (Reuter, 1875); 5 – Xylocoris (Proxylocoris) afer (Reuter, 1884); 6 – Blaptostethoides sp.; 7 – Montandoniola indica Yamada, 2011 (source: www.nbair.res.in); 8 – Xylocoris (Arrostelus) ampoli Yamada & Yasunaga, 2013; 9 – Carayonocoris indicus Muraleedharan, 1977; 10 – Xylocoris (Proxylocoris) confusus Carayon, 1972; 11 – Bilia sp. (this specimen is not examined); 12 – Buchananiella indica Muraleedharan, 1977. Photo credits: C. Ballal (1–2, 4–7, 9–12), K. Yamada (3, 8).