New species and first record of Helotrephes from India, and a check-list of Indian Helotrephidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera)
Author
Jehamalar, Eyarin
Author
Chandra, Kailash
Author
Zettel, Herbert
text
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
2018
2018-07-30
58
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243
248
journal article
10.2478/aemnp-2018-0021
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1804-6487
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Tiphotrephes indicus
(
Distant, 1910
)
Helotrephes indicus
Distant, 1910: 338
(original description).
Tiphotrephes indicus
:
ESAKI &
CHINA
(1928)
: 153
(new combination).
Material examined.
INDIA
:
MEGHALAYA
:
West Jaintia Hills, Nartiang Village, Umtisong Pond,
1183 m
a.s.l.,
25.57194° N
,
92.21458° E
14.iii.2016
,
3 ♀♀
, Coll. E. E. Jehamalar. The specimens are deposited in National Zoological Collection,
Hemiptera
Section, ZSI-HQ, Kolkata. Reg. No. 6485/H15.
Distribution.
India
:
Maharashtra
,
Uttar Pradesh
(THIRUMA- LAI 2007),
West Bengal
(
DISTANT 1910
),
Meghalaya
(this paper),
Assam
(senior author’s pers. observ.);
Myanmar
(
DISTANT 1910
);
Thailand
,
Malaysia
(
Selangor
,
Perak
),
Singapore
,
Indonesia
(Borneo) (
PAPÁČEK & ZETTEL 2005
). First record from Meghalaya.