Cardiastethus exiguus Poppius, 1913

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 : 212-214

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.2478/aemnp-2018-0018

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4558364

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scientific name

Cardiastethus exiguus Poppius, 1913
status

 

Cardiastethus exiguus Poppius, 1913

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Cardiastethus exiguus Poppius, 1913: 253 . HOLOTYPE: ♀, Sri Lanka, Paradenyia (MZHF).

Cardiastethus pygmaeus Poppius, 1915: 7 . SYNTYPE (S): Taiwan, Anping (DEIC, MZHF). Synonymized by CARAYON (1976: 467).

Cardiastethus inquilinus Delamare Deboutteville & Paulian, 1952: 83 . HOLOTYPE: Ivory Coast, Len Banco (MNHN). Junior homonym of C. inquilinus China & Myers, 1929. Synonymized by CARAYON (1957: 167)

Cardiastethus pauliani Lansbury, 1954: 90 (new substitute name for C. inquilinus Delamare Deboutteville & Paulian, 1952). Synonymized by CARAYON (1957: 167).

Cardiastethus pygmaeus pauliani : CARAYON (1957): 168 (downgraded to subspecies rank).

Material examined. INDIA: KARNATAKA: Bangalore, ii.2016, 2 7 ♀♀ ( TKPM). KERALA: Trivandrum, xii.2015, 1 ( TKPM).

Distribution in India. Andhra Pradesh: Tirupathy ( MURALEEDHARAN & ANANTHAKRISHNAN 1978a, as C. pygmaus pauliani); Karnataka: Bangalore (this paper); Kerala: Thekkady ( MURALEEDHARAN & ANANTHAKRISHNAN 1978a, as C. pygmaus pauliani); Tamil Nadu: Madras [= Chennai], Dharmapuri, Salem ( MURALEEDHARAN & ANANTHAKRISHNAN 1978a); West Bengal: Sagar Hills ( MURALEEDHARAN 1975).

General distribution. Tropical Africa, China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand ( AUKEMA et al. 2013, JUNG et al. 2013).

Biology. Our observation reveals that C. exiguus was

collected from coconut, papaya, dry fruits of jamun (Syzygium cumini), Aristolochia indica, and Cassia auriculata. It is also observed to feed on eggs of Opisina arenosella, Corcyra cephalonica, Orthaga exvinacea, Anadevidia peponis (Fabricius, 1775), and papaya mealybug (Paracoccus marginatus).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Anthocoridae

Genus

Cardiastethus

Loc

Cardiastethus exiguus Poppius, 1913

Ballal, Chandish R., Akbar, Shahid Ali, Yamada, Kazutaka, Wachkoo, Aijaz Ahmad & Varshney, Richa 2018
2018
Loc

Cardiastethus pygmaeus pauliani

CARAYON J. 1957: 168
1957
Loc

Cardiastethus pauliani

CARAYON J. 1957: 167
LANSBURY I. 1954: 90
Delamare Deboutteville & Paulian 1952: 212
1954
Loc

Cardiastethus inquilinus

CARAYON J. 1957: 167
DELAMARE DEBOUTTEVILLE & PAULIAN R. 1952: 83
China & Myers 1929: 212
1952
Loc

Cardiastethus pygmaeus

CARAYON J. 1976: 467
POPPIUS B. 1915: 7
1915
Loc

Cardiastethus exiguus

POPPIUS B. 1913: 253
1913
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