Sophianus alces Distant, 1904

Yeshwanth, H. M., Chérot, F. & Henry, T. J., 2021, The Isometopinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) of India and Sri Lanka: A Review of the Subfamily, with Descriptions of Six New Species, Zootaxa 4903 (2), pp. 151-193 : 171

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4903.2.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4422972

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scientific name

Sophianus alces Distant, 1904
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Sophianus alces Distant, 1904 View in CoL

( Figs. 5E View FIGURES 5 , 7D View FIGURES 7 , 16 View FIGURES 16 F–I)

Sophianus Distant, 1904: 486 View in CoL (as new species, DV, head); Schuh 1995: 16 (catalogue), 2002–2013 (online catalogue).

Diagnosis. Relatively large species, length 3.1 mm. Head black, ocelli reddish. First and second antennal segment black, third and fourth segment yellowish brown (dull flavous according to Distant 1904). Pronotum, mesoscutum, and major part of scutellum black; apex of scutellum yellowish. Hemelytra yellowish brown; bases of clavii darker, apices of coria and cunei brown (piceous according to Distant 1904). Legs reddish brown. Membrane hyaline. Pronotum distinctly punctate; hemelytra finely punctate. Male genitalia as in Figs. 16 View FIGURES 16 F–I. Detailed measurements in Table 1 View TABLE 1 .

Material examined. INDIA: 17³, Karnataka, Belghaum, Arbhavi , 595 m, 16 ° 13.605’N, 074 ° 50.016’E, 15.viii.2011, Yeshwanth H. M. leg., at light; 2³, Bangalore, GKVK GoogleMaps , 930m, 12º 58’ N, 77º35’E, 24.xii.2012, Yeshwanth H. M. leg, at light ( UASB) GoogleMaps .

Remarks. A single specimen of this species was originally described from Sri Lanka. In the present study, numerous additional specimens were collected from Karnataka, India.

Distribution. India (Karnataka) and Sri Lanka

UASB

University of Agricultural Sciences

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Miridae

Genus

Sophianus

Loc

Sophianus alces Distant, 1904

Yeshwanth, H. M., Chérot, F. & Henry, T. J. 2021
2021
Loc

Sophianus

Distant, W. L. 1904: 486
1904
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