Carayonocoris indicus Muraleedharan, 1977

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 : 216

Carayonocoris indicus Muraleedharan, 1977 ( Fig. 9 )

Carayonocoris indicus Muraleedharan, 1977c: 464 . HOLOTYPE:, India, Kerala, Nilambar (ZSI).

Material examined. INDIA: KARNATAKA: Bangalore, Chikballapur, ix.2014, 1 ♀ ( TKPM); Bangalore, iii.2015, 1 ♀ ( TKPM) .

Distribution in India. Karnataka: Bangalore, Chikballapur (this paper); Kerala: Nilambur ( MURALEEDHARAN 1977c); Punjab ( MURALEEDHARAN & ANANTHAKRISHNAN 1978b); Tamil Nadu: Madras [= Chennai] ( MURALEEDHARAN 1977c).

General distribution. Endemic.

Biology. This species is anthophilous, recorded on Cassia javanica, C. rosea, and C. auriculata (this paper). It is associated with mites and thrips, e.g. Haplothrips ganglbaueri Schmutz, 1913 and Frankliniella schultzei (MURALEEDHARAN & ANANTHAKRISHNAN 1978b, ANANTHAKRISHNAN & SURESHKUMAR 1985).

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).