Buchananiella indica Muraleedharan, 1977

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

Buchananiella indica Muraleedharan, 1977 ( Fig. 12 )

Buchananiella indica Muraleedharan, 1977a: 240 . HOLOTYPE:, India, Garo Hills , Songsak (ZSI).

Material examined. INDIA: KARNATAKA: Attur, 5.viii.2015, 4 ♀♀ ( TKPM, NBAIR); Bangalore, 24.ix.2015, 1 ♀ ( TKPM); Chintamani, ix.2014, 1 ( TKPM). TAMIL NADU: Palani Hills, vi.2014, 1 ♀ ( TKPM) .

Distribution in India. Karnataka: Bangalore ( BALLAL et al. 2016), Attur Yelahanka, Chintamani (this paper); Meghalaya: Garo Hills, Songsak ( MURALEEDHARAN 1977a); Tamil Nadu: Palani Hills (this paper).

General distribution. Endemic.

Biology. In Karnataka, it was collected from Crossandra dry flowers and Crotalaria pallida ( BALLAL et al., 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).