Tetraphleps raoi Ghauri, 1965

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 : 210

Tetraphleps raoi Ghauri, 1965

Tetraphleps raoi Ghauri, 1965: 678 . HOLOTYPE:, India, Shillong (BMNH).

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE:, ‘Type’ [printed circle with red border], ‘Shillong-Assam / June 191?’ [handwritten, one place digit of collecting year unreadable], ‘Found feeding / on Pineus on / Pine’ [handwritten], ‘CIBC-15’ [handwritten], ‘93’ [printed], ‘ Tetraphleps / raoi sp. n. / M.S.K. Ghauri det. 1965’ [handwritten + printed], ‘Pres by / Com Inst Ent / B M 1965-3’ [printed] ( BMNH) .

Distribution in India. Meghalaya: Shillong ( GHAURI 1965).

General distribution. Kenya (introduced: CHACKO 1973, KARANJA & ALOO 1990).

Biology. Tetraphleps raoi is reported to inhabit Benguet pine (Pinus kesiya), feeding on Pineus sp. ( Adelgidae ) ( GHAURI 1965, CHACKO 1973). This species was sent from India to Kenya for release against Pineus pini (Macquart, 1819) on several Pinus spp. KARANJA & ALOO (1990) reported that it established there, and it resulted in the decline of P. pini population.