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340. S.
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, Trivandrum [BMNH]
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Sexually dimorphic. Males (
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) have a wingspan of 31.00
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. Head, pro- and mesothorax, legs grey with dark irregular markings; abdomen bright brick red dorsally. Venter with bluish-white transverse bands and lateral margins. Forewing mottled light grey with dark irregular markings. A diffused brick-red longitudinal band along middle of forewing, narrowed proximally, not reaching reticulate apical area. Hindwing with a preapical oblique white band. Females (
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. The forewing is darker with diffused longitudinal brick-red band near costal margin, not reaching half of costa and up to two-thirds of length along middle. Hindwing has three large dark spots preapically.
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Distribution of
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from southern
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L. (
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(L.) Merr. (=
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(L.) Panigrahi),
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) (both
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),
<taxonomicName id="759E4D0AFF371522A01B40DDFBF69DE6" box="[891,1116,212,237]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Combretaceae" genus="Terminalia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="5" pageNumber="1074" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="catappa">
<emphasis id="80EAEA9BFF371522A01B40DDFBF69DE6" box="[891,1116,212,237]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="1074">Terminalia catappa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L.,
<taxonomicName id="759E4D0AFF371522A3C040FEFE4A9C1B" authority="Roth" authorityName="Roth" box="[160,480,247,272]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Combretaceae" genus="Terminalia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="5" pageNumber="1074" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="paniculata">
<emphasis id="80EAEA9BFF371522A3C040FEFE369C1B" box="[160,412,247,272]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="1074">Terminalia paniculata</emphasis>
Roth
</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName id="759E4D0AFF371522A29340FEFD0B9C1B" box="[499,673,247,272]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Combretaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="5" pageNumber="1074" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Combretaceae</taxonomicName>
),
<taxonomicName id="759E4D0AFF371522A1D840FEFCD89C1B" box="[696,882,247,272]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Lamiaceae" genus="Tectona" kingdom="Plantae" order="Lamiales" pageId="5" pageNumber="1074" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="grandis">
<emphasis id="80EAEA9BFF371522A1D840FEFCD89C1B" box="[696,882,247,272]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="1074">Tectona grandis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L. f. (
<taxonomicName id="759E4D0AFF371522A0A140FEFBE89C1B" box="[961,1090,247,272]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Lamiaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Lamiales" pageId="5" pageNumber="1074" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Lamiaceae</taxonomicName>
), and
<taxonomicName id="759E4D0AFF371522A3C04113FEF09C38" box="[160,346,282,307]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Anacardiaceae" genus="Mangifera" kingdom="Plantae" order="Sapindales" pageId="5" pageNumber="1074" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="indica">
<emphasis id="80EAEA9BFF371522A3C04113FEF09C38" box="[160,346,282,307]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="1074">Mangifera indica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L. (
<taxonomicName id="759E4D0AFF371522A2E34113FD809C38" box="[387,554,282,307]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Anacardiaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Sapindales" pageId="5" pageNumber="1074" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Anacardiaceae</taxonomicName>
) are newly recorded as host plants of
<taxonomicName id="759E4D0AFF371522A0844113FBF29C38" authorityName="Atkinson" authorityYear="1889" box="[996,1112,282,307]" class="Insecta" family="Eurybrachidae" genus="Messena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="1074" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sinuata">
<emphasis id="80EAEA9BFF371522A0844113FBF29C38" box="[996,1112,282,307]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="1074">M. sinuata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. All known host plants of
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<emphasis id="80EAEA9BFF371522A2C74135FDB49C5E" box="[423,542,316,341]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="1074">M. sinuata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are trees and gymnosperms, belonging to different families, and hence it may be concluded that the bug is polyphagous on trees across families. The species is well adapted to live on the bark, causing no considerable damage.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="FA846502FF371522A3C041D8FBEC9F92" pageId="5" pageNumber="1074" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="B2213689FF371522A3C041D8FEB49CE0" blockId="5.[160,1156,465,665]" box="[160,286,465,491]" pageId="5" pageNumber="1074">
<emphasis id="80EAEA9BFF371522A3C041D8FEB49CE0" bold="true" box="[160,286,465,491]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="1074">Comments</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B2213689FF371522A3C041FCFD729F58" blockId="5.[160,1156,465,665]" pageId="5" pageNumber="1074">
Original description of
<taxonomicName id="759E4D0AFF371522A2CF41FCFCE89F05" authority="(Distant 1914)" baseAuthorityName="Distant" baseAuthorityYear="1914" box="[431,834,501,526]" class="Insecta" family="Eurybrachidae" genus="Messena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="1074" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albifasciata">
<emphasis id="80EAEA9BFF371522A2CF41FCFD3F9F05" box="[431,661,501,526]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="1074">Messena albifasciata</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="D60F4B78FF371522A1C741FCFC919F05" author="Distant WL" box="[679,827,501,526]" pageId="5" pageNumber="1074" pagination="409 - 424" refId="ref6662" refString="Distant WL. 1914. Some additions to the genera and species in the Homopterous family Fulgoridae. Ann Mag Nat Hist (Ser 8). 13: 409 - 424." type="journal article" year="1914">Distant 1914</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
and its illustration (
<bibRefCitation id="D60F4B78FF371522A75241FCFF7D9F3B" author="Distant WL" pageId="5" pageNumber="1074" refId="ref6747" refString="Distant WL. 1916. Rhynchota. Vol, VI, Homoptera: appendix. In: Shipley AE, Marshall GAK, editors. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Secretary of State for India. London (UK): Taylor and Francis Publishing; p. 248." type="journal volume" year="1916">Distant 1916</bibRefCitation>
) based on a single specimen from the Nilgiri Hills, agrees well with the male of
<taxonomicName id="759E4D0AFF371522A3C04233FEB99F58" authorityName="Atkinson" authorityYear="1889" box="[160,275,570,595]" class="Insecta" family="Eurybrachidae" genus="Messena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="1074" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sinuata">
<emphasis id="80EAEA9BFF371522A3C04233FEB99F58" box="[160,275,570,595]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="1074">M. sinuata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and they are synonyms, most probably.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B2213689FF371522A3A04254FBEC9F92" blockId="5.[160,1156,465,665]" pageId="5" pageNumber="1074">
Considering the contributions of H.S. Ferguson to the study of biota of the erstwhile Travancore, we propose the common name Ferguson squathopper for
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<emphasis id="80EAEA9BFF371522A0AD4289FBEA9F92" box="[973,1088,640,665]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="1074">M. sinuata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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