Eurysaspis transversalis Signoret, 1851

Nicolas, Vincent, Carapezza, Attilio, Rider, David A. & Kment, Petr, 2024, New records, diagnostics and preliminary checklist of the superfamily Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the Comoro Islands, Zootaxa 5481 (1), pp. 1-29 : 12-13

Eurysaspis transversalis Signoret, 1851

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Material examined. ANJOUAN: Bambao , 15.i.1974, 1♂, L. Matile lgt., P. Kment det. ( MNHN) . GRANDE COMORE: Le Galawa H., 22.iv. & 5.v.1991, 1♂, 2♀, K. M. Guichard lgt., P. Kment det. ( BMNH) . MAYOTTE: Pengoualajou , 2.x.2019, 1♀, V. Nicolas lgt. & det. ( VNBF) .

Biology. This species has been found on Senna singueana ( Fabaceae ) in Mayotte (V. Nicolas, pers. observ.).

Distribution. Comoros: Anjouan, Grande Comore, Mayotte (new records); Madagascar ( Cachan 1952); India: Puducherry ( Signoret 1851).

Comments. This species was described from Pondichery [= Puducherry] by Signoret (1851), but has never been reported from India (cf. Atkinson 1888, Distant 1902, Salini & Vitaktamath 2015). This suggests that the type specimen(s) were mislabelled. Accordingly, we treat the species here as subendemic to Comoros and Madagascar, and it is not a widespread species.

Figures

FIGURES 19–23. Habitus of Comoro Pentatomidae: 19—Coquerelia ventralis Horváth, 1904; 20—Eurysaspis transversalis Signoret, 1851; 21—Aesula viridissima (Signoret, 1861); 22—Neoacrosternum validum (Horváth, 1904), inset—detail of antennae; 23—Anoano pronotalis Cachan, 1952. Photos: V. Nicolas.