An account of Heteropteran Bugs collected by Light Trap in and around Dum Dum (Kolkata), West Bengal Author Chandra, Kailash Author Saha, P. C. Author Biswas, B. Author Hassan, M. E. Author Praveen, K. Author Kushwaha, Sandeep Author Mukherjee, Paramita text Records of the Zoological Survey of India 2020 120 1 65 83 journal article 10.26515/rzsi/v120/i1/2020/119563 2581-8686 13186883 21. Nysius ceylonicus (Motschulsky, 1863) 1863. Hetergaster ceylanicus Motschulsky, Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscu . , 36 : 78. 1904. Nysius ceylanicus , Distant, Fauna Brit. India . Rhynchota , 2 : 18. 1988. Nysius ceylanicus : Mukhopadhyay, Rec. zool. Surv. India . Occ. Paper No . 107 : 20. 1994. Nysius ceylanicus : Chakraborty et al ., State Fauna Series 3: Fauna of West Bengal , Part 5 : 424. 2016. Nysius ceylanicus : Saha et al .; Rec. zool. Surv. India , 116 (2): 167. Material examined : 2 exs, Raja Bagan, Dum Dum, Dist. Kolkata, 5.v. 2014 , P.C.Saha Coll.; 1ex, Raja Bagan, Dum Dum, Dist. Kolkata, 4.vii.2014 , P.C.Saha Coll. (light trap) Diagnostic characters : Body black, posterior area of pronotum, corium, antennae and legs brown. Eyes prominent, head as wide as maximum width of pronotum. Length : 3- 4 m .m. Distribution : India : West Bengal (Dist. Kolkata), Chhattisgarh , Jharkhand , Sikkim , Uttarakhand . Elsewhere : China , Java, Nepal , Sri Lanka , Sumatra.