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Bilia castanea Carvalho 1951

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Bilia castanea (Carvalho, 1951)

(Figs. 12−13, 24)

Biliola castanea Carvalho, 1951: 338 (n. sp., in Isometopinae of Miridae). Bilia castanea: Carayon & Miyamoto (1960: 26) (n. comb., redesc.); Péricart (1996: 121) (cat.); Bu & Zheng (2001: 180) (diag.).

Type material examined. Holotype ♀, S. India / Nandidrug Hill / 4500 feet, Pres. by Dr. T. V. Campbell / B.M. 1928-189 (BMNH).

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other congeners by its comparatively large size (1.8−2.0 in total length); pale castaneous, sometimes yellowish brown general coloration; long, rather thick antenna; broad pronotum with a uniformly shiny, thick callus (Figs. 12−13); and longer hooked process on paramere (Fig. 24). Further diagnostic characters and detailed redescription, including male and female genitalia, were provided by Carayon & Miyamoto (1960).

Remarks. This species is known to feed on aphids on black mustard in India as mentioned above (Ghosh et al. 1981). Several specimens were collected from Nyctanthes arbor-tristis L. (Oleaceae) with undetermined mites.

Additional specimens examined. India: 1 Ƌ 1 ♀, Bangalore, Karnakata, 11.vii.2011, Host: Mites / Host plant: Nyctanthes arbor-tristis (TKPM).

Notes

Published as part of Yasunaga, Tomohide, Yamada, Kazutaka, Soe, Zayar & Naing, Shine Shane, 2016, First records of two flower bug genera from Myanmar (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Anthocoridae: Anthocorinae: Oriini), with description of a new species of Bilia, pp. 544-556 in Zootaxa 4158 (4) on page 549, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/258305

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Biodiversity

Collection code
BMNH , TKPM
Event date
2011-07-11
Family
Anthocoridae
Genus
Bilia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hemiptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Carvalho
Species
castanea
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
2011-07-11
Taxonomic concept label
Bilia castanea Carvalho, 1951 sec. Yasunaga, Yamada, Soe & Naing, 2016

References

  • Carvalho, J. C. M. (1951) New genera and species of Isometopidae in the British Museum of Natural History (Hemiptera). Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias, 23, 381 - 391.
  • Carayon, J. & Miyamoto, S. (1960) Especes nouvelles ou peu connues du genre Bilia Distant trouvees au Japon et a Formose (Heteroptera, Anthocoridae). Mushi, 33 (4), 19 - 35, tabs. 4 - 5.
  • Pericart, J. (1996) Family Anthocoridae Fieber, 1836 - Flower bugs, minute pirate bugs. In: Aukema, B. & Rieger, Ch. (Eds.), Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region. Vol. 2. Cimicomorpha I. The Netherlands Entomological Society, Amsterdam, pp. 108 - 140.
  • Bu, W. J. & Zheng, L. Y. (2001) Hemiptera Lasiochilidae Lyctocoridae Anthocoridae. Fauna Sinica Insecta. Vol. 24. Science Press, Beijing, 267 pp.
  • Ghosh, D., Poddar, S. & Raychaudhuri, D. N. (1981) Natural enemy complex of Aphis craccivora Koch and Lipaphis erysimi (Kalt.) in and around Calcutta, West Bengal. Science and Culture, 47 (2), 58 - 60.