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

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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).

References

BALLAL C. R. & YAMADA K. 2016: Anthocorid predators. Pp. 329 - 366. In: OMKAR (eds): Ecofriendly pest management for food security. Elsevier, London, 727 pp.

CARAPEZZA A., LINNAVUORI R. E. & KMENT P. 2014: Order Hemiptera, suborder Heteroptera. Infraorder Cimicomorpha, families Tingidae, Nabidae and Anthocoridae. Pp. 148 - 186. In: HARTEN A. VAN (ed.): Arthropod fauna of the United Arab Emirates. Vol. 5. Multiply Marketing Consultancy Services, Abu Dhabi, 744 pp.

CARAYON J. 1972 a: Caracteres systematiques et classification des Anthocoridae (Hemipt.). Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, Nouvelle Serie 8: 309 - 349.

CARAYON J. 1972 b: Le genre Xylocoris: subdivision et especes nouvelles [Hem. Anthocoridae]. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, Nouvelle Serie 8: 579 - 606.

GHAURI M. S. K. 1985: New Anthocoridae from Kuwait and Ethiopia. Reichenbachia 23: 81 - 86.

LINNAVUORI R. E. 2004: Heteroptera of the Hormozgan province in Iran. III. Cimicomorpha (Anthocoridae, Cantacaderidae, Tingidae), Pentatomomorpha. Acta Universitatis Carolinae Biologica 48: 273 - 286.

PERICART J. 1996: Family Anthocoridae Fieber, 1836 - flower bugs, minute pirate bugs. Pp. 108 - 140. In: AUKEMA B. & RIEGER CH. (eds.): Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region. Vol. 2. Cimicomorpha I. The Netherlands Entomological Society, Amsterdam, xiv + 361 pp.

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).