Bilia castanea ( Carvalho, 1951 )

Yasunaga, Tomohide, Yamada, Kazutaka, Soe, Zayar & Naing, Shine Shane, 2016, First records of two flower bug genera from Myanmar (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Anthocoridae: Anthocorinae: Oriini), with description of a new species of Bilia, Zootaxa 4158 (4), pp. 544-556 : 549

Bilia castanea ( Carvalho, 1951)

( Figs. 12−13 , 24 )

Biliola castanea Carvalho, 1951: 338 (n. sp., in Isometopinae of Miridae ). Bilia castanea: Carayon & Miyamoto (1960: 26) (n. comb., redesc.); Péricart (1996: 121) (cat.); Bu & Zheng (2001: 180) (diag.).

Type material examined. Holotype ♀, S. India / Nandidrug Hill / 4500 feet, Pres. by Dr. T. V. Campbell / B.M. 1928-189 ( BMNH).

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other congeners by its comparatively large size (1.8−2.0 in total length); pale castaneous, sometimes yellowish brown general coloration; long, rather thick antenna; broad pronotum with a uniformly shiny, thick callus ( Figs. 12−13 ); and longer hooked process on paramere ( Fig. 24 ). Further diagnostic characters and detailed redescription, including male and female genitalia, were provided by Carayon & Miyamoto (1960).

Remarks. This species is known to feed on aphids on black mustard in India as mentioned above ( Ghosh et al. 1981). Several specimens were collected from Nyctanthes arbor-tristis L. (Oleaceae) with undetermined mites.

Additional specimens examined. India: 1 Ƌ 1 ♀, Bangalore , Karnakata, 11.vii.2011, Host: Mites / Host plant: Nyctanthes arbor-tristis ( TKPM).

Figures

FIGURES 8 − 13. Bilia burma (8 − 11) and B. castanea (12 − 13), head and pronotum in dorsal view (8 − 10, 12 − 13) and whole body in left lateral view (11). 8, Holotype male (AMNH _ PBI 00380431). 9, Paratype male (00380432). 10 − 11, 13, Female. 12, Male.

FIGURES 24 − 28. Male (24 − 25, 27 − 28) and female (26) genitalia of Bilia castanea (24), B. burma n. sp. (25 − 26), B. pilosa Yasunaga (from Japan) (27), and Wollastoniella rotunda (28), named on the figures.