Coptosoma (Paracoptosoma) maculatum Westwood, 1837

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 : 17

Coptosoma (Paracoptosoma) maculatum Westwood, 1837

( Fig. 29 )

Material examined. MAYOTTE: Saziley BÉ, 26.iv.2018, photo, V. Nicolas lgt. & det.; Lagune d‘Ambato , 20.x.2021, 1♀, V. Nicolas lgt. & det.; Boungoudranavi, 15.ii.2023, photo, N. Gommichon lgt., V. Nicolas det. ( VNBF) .

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. Comoros: Mayotte (new records), Madagascar (e.g., Dallas 1851, Stål 1876, Reuter 1887, Brancsik 1893, Montandon 1897, Cachan 1952).

Comment. Westwood (1837: 17) described Coptosoma maculata with the following note ‘Habitat in Brasilia?’ However, in the catalog part of the same paper the distribution is given as ‘ Madagascar?’ ( Westwood 1837: 5, as Platycephala maculata ).

Figures

FIGURES 24–29. Habitus of Comoro Pentatomidae and Plataspidae: 24—Antestiopsis clymeneis cf. galtiei (Frappa, 1934), 25—Piezodorus hybneri (Gmelin, 1790), 26—Bagrada hilaris (Burmeister, 1835), 27—Stenozygum mirabile (Signoret, 1861) (scale bar 5 mm), 28—Brachyplatys hemisphaerica (Westwood, 1837), 29—Coptosoma maculatum Westwood, 1837. Photos: V. Nicolas (24–26, 28–29), T. Ramage (27).