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BISWAS et al. : On an account of ....from Chhattisgarh, India ISSN 0375-1511637

Rec. zool. Surv. India : 114(Part-4) : 637-650, 2014

ON AN ACCOUNT OF COREOIDEA (: ) FROM CHHATTISGARH, INDIA

B. BISWAS, M.E. HASSAN, K. CHANDRA AND PRAVEEN K. Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, India

INTRODUCTION under 8 genera are known so far through the Reuter (1910) fi rst established the Coreoidea work of Chandra and Kushwaha (2012, 2013) as a superfamily of the Heteroptera and Leston et from Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary and Kanger al. (1954) placed the Coreoidea within infraorder Valley National Park, Jagdalpur respectively and . The superfamily includes fi ve Biswas and Ghosh (1995) from Indravati Tiger families: (broad headed bugs), Reserve. The present study revealed an account (Leaf-footed bugs or Squash bugs), of 23 species belonging to 16 genera under 4 (Scentless plant bugs), Stenocephalidae (confi ned families of superfamily Coreoidea from the state to Eastern Hemisphere) and of Chhattisgarh, out of this 5 species under 5 (endemic to Australia), comprising of 2376 species genera have already been recorded and rest of the from the world (Henry 2009). Of these, about 200 18 species under 11 genera are new record to the species under 60 genera are so far known from state. The material studied was collected during India including 78 endemic species. the year 2009-2012 by the different survey parties Member of the superfamily Coreoidea can Zoological Survey of India and deposited in the easily be recognized by having forewings with National Zoological Collection of Z.S.I. numerous veins, ocelli present, head narrower and SYSTEMATIC LIST most often shorter than pronotum, antennae four segmented and hind tibiae in some species with Superfamily COREOIDEA lateral expansions, Scent glands are present on the Family COREIDAE thorax between mesocoxae and metacoxal and are highly modifi ed and well developed, peritremes Subfamily are provided with orifi ces that emit a strong scent Genus 1. Stal, 1873 that serves both to deter predators and as an alarm *1. Anoplocnemis phasiana (Fabricius, 1781) pheromone casing aggregation to scatter. They are principally phytophagous but several instances Genus 2. Petillopsis Hsiao, 1963 of coprophagy and carrion feeding have been 2. Petillopsis calcar (Dallas, 1852) recorded. Genus 3. Dalader Amyot & Serville, 1843 Chhattisgarh is tenth largest state (135,000 3. Dalader planiventris (Westwood, 1842) km²) and third largest area under forest cover Genus 4. Homoeocerus Burmeister, 1835 after Madhya Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh (43.9%). Information on the Coreoidea fauna of *4. Homoeocerus signatus Walker, 1871 Chhattisgarh is very scanty and only 9 species 5. Homoeocerus striicornis Scott, 1874 638 Rec. zool. Surv. India

Genus 5. Aschistocoris Bergroth, 1909 SYSTEMATIC ACCOUNT 6. Aschistocoris brevicornis (Dallas,1852) Superfamily COREOIDEA Genus 6. Notobitus Stal, 1860 Key to the families of the superfamily *7. Notobitus meleagris (Fabricius,1787) Coreoidea Genus 7. Petalocnemis Stal, 1854 1. Abdominal spiracle dorsal ...... 2 8. Petalocnemis obscura (Dallas, 1852) - Abdominal spiracle ventral ...... 3 Genus 8. Cletus Stal, 1860 2. Metathoracic scent gland auricles absent or *9. Cletus bipunctatus (Westwood,1840) greatly reduced ...... Rhopalidae 10. Cletus punctulatus (Westwood,1842) 11. Cletus punctiger (Dallas,1852) - Metathoracic scent gland auricles large and Subfamily PSUDOPHLOCINAE conspicuous, never bristly, ovipositor usually fl attened and plate like, if laciniate then tibiae Genus 9. Clavigralla Spinola, 1837 not sulcate and abdominal pore bearing organs 12. Clavigralla concolor (Dohrn, 1860) lacking ...... Coreidae 13. Clavigralla gibbosa Spinola, 1837 3. Interocular distance greater than width of Genus 10. Hoplolomia Stal, 1873 anterior margin of scutellum, ovipositor plate 14. Hoplolomia scabricula Stal, 1873 like ...... Alydidae Family STENOCEPHALIDAE - Interocular distance less than width of anterior Genus 11. Hahn, 1826 margin of scutellum, ovipositor laciniate… . 15. Dicranocephalus lateralis (Signoret, 1879) Stenocephalidae Family ALYDIDAE Family COREIDAE Subfamily MICRELYTERINAE Key to the subfamilies of family Coreidae Genus 12. Leptocorisa Latreille, 1829 1 Length variable; tibiae sulcate (sometimes 16. Leptocorisa oratorius (Fabricius, 1873) shallowly sulcate); head longitudinally 17. Leptocorisa acuta (Thunb.) impressed near central lobe; posterior angles Subfamily of dorsal surface of sixth abdominal segment in Genus 13. Nariscus Stal, 1866 male rounded, obtuse, or straight, or somewhat 18. Nariscus fi sheri (Distant, 1908) prominently recurved; tibiae above generally Genus 14. Riptortus Stal, 1860 sulcate or dilated ...... Coreinae. 19. Riptortus pedestris (Fabricius, 1775) - Member of the subfamily not more than 12 mm *20. Riptortus linearis (Fabricius, 1775) long; tibiae not sulcate; head not impressed Family RHOPHALIDAE near central lobe metathoracic scent gland Subfamily RHOPHALINAE orifi ces with a single large or two nearly fussed disc, posterior angles of dorsal surface of sixth Genus 15. Stal, 1870 abdominal segment in both sexes prominently 21. Liorhyssus rubicundus (Signoret, 1859) recurved, slightly dentate, or spinose; meso 22. (Fabricius, 1794) and meta sterna sulcte, male with a bi- Subfamily SERINATHINAE lobed genital capsule opening, fi lled by the Genus 16. Hahn, 1833 clearly visible parameres; tibiae rounded, not 23. Leptocoris augur (Fabricius, 1781) sulcate ...... Pseudophlocinae. BISWAS et al. : On an account of Coreoidea....from Chhattisgarh, India 639

Subfamily Coreinae Material examined: 4 exs., Nakti pond, Dist. Key to the genera of the subfamily Coreinae Raipur, 13.vii.2011, coll. Sunil Kumar and party; 1ex. Jilianala, Dist. Raipur, 25.vii.2011, coll. Sunil 1. Posterior femora incrassated, profoundly Kumar and party. thickened ...... 2 Diagnostic characters: Body brown; head - Posterior femora not incrassated ...... 5 wider than long, about 0.73 times as long as 2. Anterior femora incrassated ...... 3 wide; corium reddish brown with the margins and - Anterior femora not incrassated ...... 4 apex black; antennae black, with the apical joint light brown to brown; scutellum brown apically; 3. Posterior tibiae moderately dilated ...... hind femora in male curved at base, strongly ...... Petillopsis Hsiao incrassated, inwardly broadly dentate near apex, Posterior tibiae not dilated...... outer margin linearly serrate. A1:A2:A3:A4::1: ...... Anoplocnemis Stal 0.81: 0.72: 1.1. Length: 22-28 mm. 4. Apex of head slightly produced ...... Distribution: India: Chhattisgarh (Raipur), ...... Notobitus Stal Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, - Apex of head not produced; lateral margin Uttarakhand. Elsewhere: Sri Lanka, Myanmar, of corium perceptibly rounded; meso-sternum Malayan Archipelago, Malayan Peninsula. sulcate ...... Petalocnemis Stal Genus 2. Petillopsis Hsiao, 1963 5. Third joint of antenna foliaceously dilated on 1963. Petillopsis Hsiao, Act. Zool. Sinica,15: 622. each side; pronotum with lateral angles always strongly dilated ...... 2. Petillopsis calcar (Dallas, 1852) ...... Dalader Amyot and Serville 1852. Mictis calcar Dallas List. Hem., 2: 397. - Third joint of antenna not foliaceously dilated 1902. Petillia calcar : Distant, Fauna Brit. India, Rhynchota, 1: 351. on each side; pronotum with lateral angles not dilated ...... 6 2006. Petillopsis calcar: Dolling, Cat. Het. Palae. Reg., 5: 97. 6. Abdomen not ampliated; pronotal angles not Material examined: 1 ex., Seja, Dist. Durg, acutely produced ...... 7 23.viii.2011, coll. Sunil Kumar and party; 1ex., - Abdomen profoundly ampliated; pronotal Pavirid, Dist. Raipur, 3.viii.2011, coll. Sunil Kumar angles acutely produced; abdominal segmental and party; 1ex., Sakri river, Dist. Kabirdham, angles not exteriorly acutely produced ...... 25.viii.2011, coll. Sunil Kumar and party...... Cletus Stal Diagnostic characters: Body brown and pilose, 7. Central lobe of head distinctly defl ected paler ventrally provided with small scattered between lateral lobes ...... Homoeocerus black spots; pronotum with some scattered Burmeister black tuberculous points, the lateral margins darkly serrate, the lateral angles produced, their Central lobe of head not distinctly defl ected apices pointed and slightly directed backward; between lateral lobes ...... connexivum alternately brown and black; veins ...... Aschistocoris Bergroth of the corium black; posterior femora incrassated, Genus 1. Anoplocnemis Stal, 1873 posterior tibiae inwardly dilated and strongly 1873. Anoplocoemis Stal, En. Hem., 3: 47. dentate. Length: 22 to 27 mm. 1. Anoplocnemis phasiana (Fabricius, 1781) Distribution: India: Chhattisgarh (Durg, 1781. Lygaeus phasiana Fabricius, Spec. Ins., 2: 361. Kabirdham, Raipur), Sikkim, Meghalaya, 1902. Anoplocnemis phasiana: Distant Fauna Brit. India, Nagaland, Maharashtra. Elsewhere: Myanmar, Rhynchota, 1: 346. Philippine Islands, Sri Lanka. 640 Rec. zool. Surv. India

Genus 3. Dalader Amyot & Serville, 1843 1871. Homceocerus signatus Walker, Cat. Het., 4: 97. 1843. Dalader Amyot & Serville, Hem: 187. 1902. Homceocerus signatus: Distant, Fauna Brit. India, Rhynchota, 1: 356. 3. Dalader planiventris (Westwood, 1842) 1842. Acauonicus planiventris Westwood, in Hope Cat., Material examined: 1 exs., Makki Range, 2: 8. Bastar, Dist. Bastar, 27.ix.2011, coll. R.P. Gupta 1902. Dalader planiventris: Distant, Fauna Brit. India, and party. Rhynchota, 1: 352. Diagnostic characters: Body brown; a broad Material examined: 1 ex., Pagwahi, Dist. basal fascia to the pronotum between the lateral Kabirdham, 1.ix.2011, coll. Sunil Kumar and angles; corium with a large transverse macular spot party. at inner angle and the lateral margins and yellowish Diagnostic characters: Body brown in brown in colour; head wider than long, about 0.64 colour, fi nely punctate; antennae fi nely pilose, times as long as wide, with a narrow fascia on each third joint ampliated on each side, fourth joint side before eyes, and the sub-granulous lateral slender and a little paler; pronotum with distinct margins of the pronotum, black; antennae with central longitudinal carination, the lateral angles the fi rst and second joints pale reddish brown, lunately produced, their apices obliquely truncate, third joint light brown, apices of second and the anterior lateral margins fi nely denticulate; third joints black, second joint longer than the membrane provided with scattered darker spots; fi rst, A1:A2:A3:A4:: 1:1.42: 1.85: 1.87; meso and abdominal dilatations with paler refl ections on meta-sterna with a black spot on each lateral area; each segment; abdomen coarsely granulate. lateral angles of the pronotum moderately and Head wider than long, about 0.79 times as long as wide; maximum width of head 0.24X as long sub-acutely produced, pronotum little wider than as maximum width of pronotum and pronotum long, about 0.72 X as long as wide, maximum much wider than long, about 0.35X as long as width of head about 0.33X as long as maximum wide. Length: 23 to 28 mm. width of pronotum. Length: 19 to 21 mm. Distributions: India: Chhattisgarh (Kabirdham), Distribution: India: Chhattisgarh (Bastar), Assam, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim. Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Elsewhere: Sri Lanka, Mayanmar, Malayan Elsewhere: Pakistan, Sri Lanka. Peninsula and Sumatra. 5. Homoeocerus striicornis (Scott, 1874) Genus 4: Homoeocerus Burmeister, 1835 1874. Homoeocerus striicornis Scott, A.M.N.H. (4)14: 1835. Homoeocerus Burmeister, Handb., 2: 316 362. Key to the species of the genus Homoeocerus 2006. Homoeocerus striicornis: Dolling. Cat.Het.Palae. Reg., 5: 83. 1. Third rostral segment longer than fourth ; third antennal segment distinctly dilated apically; Material examined: 1 ex., Ramgarh, Dist. macular spot touching costal margin ...... Koriya, 2.viii.2011, coll. Angshuman Raha and ...... signatus party. - Third rostral segment shorter than the fourth; Diagnostic characters: Body greenish to dominant body color green; antennae thicker pale brown; antennae light brown with reddish and shorter; pronotum with red lateral lines, tinge, the fi rst and second joints exteriorly with a posterior margin sinuate; body with punctures longitudinal black line, fourth joint with its apical of yellow color;pronotal angles less acute and half infuscated, fi rst and third joints sub-equal in narrow ...... striicornis length, third shortest, considerably shorter than 4. Homoeocerus signatus (Walker, 1871) fourth; pronotum longer than wide, the lateral 1871. Prismatocerus signatus Walker, Cat. Hemip. Hetin the margins with a fi ne black line, the lateral angles Collection of the British Museum, 4(92): 97. distinctly angulately prominent; corium with a BISWAS et al. : On an account of Coreoidea....from Chhattisgarh, India 641 distinct sub-costal black line; body beneath and 7. Notobitus meleagris (Fabricius, 1787) legs pale; rostrum with the third joint considerably 1787. Cimex meleagris Fabricius, Mant., 2: 207. shorter than fourth. Head wider than long, about 1902. Notobitus meleagris Distant, Fauna Brit. India, 0.76X as long as wide, maximum width of Rhynchota, 1: 371. pronotum about 2X as long as maximum width of Material examined: 7 exs., Ravan Forest, the head, pronotum wider than long, about 0.71X Dist. Raipur, 20.ix.2011, coll. Sunil Kumar and as long as wide. Length: 17 to 20 mm. party. Distribution: India: Chhattisgarh (Koriya), Diagnostic characters: Body grayish brown; Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Sikkim. head brown, wider than long, 0.85 X as long as Elsewhere: Thailand, Sri Lanka, Japan. wide, maximum width of head 0.45X as long as Genus 5. Aschistocoris Bergroth, 1909 maximum width of pronotum; pronotum wider 1909. Aschistocoris Bergroth, Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 53: than long, about 0.63X as long as wide; antennae 34. blackish, basal area of fourth joint light brown, 6. Aschistocoris brevicornis (Dallas 1852) with 2nd and 3rd segments sub-equal in length, nd st 1852. Aschistus brevicornis Dallas,List of the specimens of length of the 2 segment about 1.16X as long as 1 hemipterous in the collection of the British segment; corium brown on its apical area; posterior Museum, 2: 448. femora in the male extending considerably beyond 1998. Aschistocoris brevicornis: Ahmad & Praveen, Proc. the apex of the abdomen, with a long spine beyond Pak. Cong. Zool. 18: 231-238. middle of inner surface, followed by some smaller Material examined: 1 ex., Donduala, Dist. spines, posterior tibiae in the male with their inner Raipur, 10.vii.2011, coll. Sunil Kumar and margins strongly serrate; abdomen above black. party. Length of hind femur about 1.07X as long as hind tibia. Length: 22 to 25 mm. Diagnostic characters: Body elongate and brown in colour, thickly punctate; head wider than Distribution: India: Chhattisgarh (Raipur), long, about 0.98 times as long as wide; maximum Tamil Nadu. Elsewhere: China, several islands width of head 0.45X as long as maximum width in the Malayan Archipelago. of pronotum; antennae with fi rst, third, and fourth Genus 7. Petalocnemis Stal, 1854 joints sub-equal in length, second joint longest, 1854. Petalocnemis Stal 1853, Ofv. Vet. Ak. Forh., p. fourth slender and infuscated towards apex, A1: 259. A2: A3: A4: : 1:1.8:1:1. Pronotum wider than long, 8. Petalocnemis obscura (Dallas, 1852) about 0.86X as long as wide. Scutellum slightly 1852. Acanthocoris obscura Dallas List. Hem., 2: 518. longer than wide; membrane brassy, hyaline, not reach reaching the apex of abdomen, beneath 1902. Petalocnemis obscura: Distant, Fauna Brit. India, Rhynchota, 1: 386. and legs pale brown; sternum coarsely punctate, furrowed and ridged on each lateral area, a minute Material examined: 6 exs., Davgaon forest, fuscous spot on each side of the meso- and meta Dist. Raipur, 12.xii.2011, coll. Sunil Kumar and sterna; abdomen fi nely punctate, with a series of party. foveate spots on each lateral area. Length of hind Diagnostic characters: Body brown, provided femur about 0.93X as long as hind tibia. Length: with short hairs throughout the body; head and 15 mm. pronotum with a central pale cariuate line, pronotal Distribution: India: Chhattisgarh (Raipur), angles broadly truncate; corium with spinous hairs West Bengal. on the anterior-lateral margins; conuexivuin with obscure transverse brown spots at the incisures; Genus 6. Notobitus Stal, 1860 body beneath and legs light brown; anterior tibiae 1860. Notobitus: Stal 1859, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Forh., p. 451. compressed, somewhat dilated, with a double series 642 Rec. zool. Surv. India of spinous tubercles on outer margin. Antennae 0.68 times as long as wide, maximum width with fi rst, second, and third joints concolorous with of head 0.40X as long as maximum width of the body, apices of second and third joints black, pronotum, pronotum wider than long, about 0.54X apical joint brownish black. Head wider than long, as long as wide; scutellum slightly wider than long, about 0.67 times as long as wide, maximum width about 0.97X as long as wide; lateral margins of of head about 0.36X as long as maximum width the corium and a small spot on its inner apical of pronotum, pronotum wider than long, about 2X margin light brown; abdomen above brown, with as long as wide, hind tibia slightly shorter than transverse black markings, connexivum brown, hind femur. Length: 13 to 14.5 mm. body beneath and legs light brown, a small spot on Distribution: India: Chhattisgarh (Raipur), the lateral area of each sternal segment; antennas Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Punjab, West Bengal. reddish brown, the apical joint fuscous; pronotal Elsewhere: Sri Lanka. lateral angles shortly and acutely produced, the apices of the spines fuscous. Length of hind femur Genus 8. Cletus Stal, 1860 about 1.12X as long as hind tibia. Length: 9 to 1860. Cletus Stal, Freg. Eug. Resa, Ins. Hem: 236. 10 mm. Key to the species of the genus Cletus Distribution: India: Chhattisgarh (Gariabandh, 1 Body length of adult may reach up to 12 mm. Kabirdham, Raipur), Himachal Pradesh, the apices of lateral margin of pronotum Maharashtra, West Bengal, Karnataka. Elsewhere: produced into long black spines ...... Mayanmar, Sri Lanka...... punctiger 10. Cletus punctulatus (Westwood, 1842) - Body length of adults reach up to 10 mm.; 1842. punctulatus Westwood, In Hope Cat., 2: 23. apices of the pronotum not much produce ... 1902. Cletus punctulatus: Distant, Fauna Brit. India, ...... 2 Rhynchota, 1: 392. 2. Pronotal angles shortly and rosately produced Material examined: 1 ex., Kodmali, Goriyaband, ending into fuscous spines; femora without 18.x.2011, Coll. Sunil Kumar and party; 4 exs., yellow brown spots; breadth between pronotal Hardinala, Dis. Raipur, 8.xi.2011, Coll. Anil and angles 3.5-4 m.m...... bipunctatus party; 1ex., Junagad forest, Dist. Goriya band, 17.x.2011, Coll. Sunil Kumar and party. Pronotal angles widely and acutely produced Diagnostic characters: Body brown in colour, ending into short thick yellow brown spines; thickly covered with dark reddish brown punctures; breadth between pronotal angles 4.5-5 mm. lateral margins of head and corium, connexivum, ...... punctulatus a small spot near inner apical margin of corium, 9. Cletus bipunctatus (Westwood, 1840) body beneath, and legs, brown; a spot on lateral 1842. Coreus bipunctatus Westwood, in Hope Cat., 2: 23. area of each segment of the sternum and a number 1902. Cletus bipunctatus: Distant, Fauna Brit. India, of discal spots to abdomen are black in colour; Rhynchota, 1: 393. head wider than long, about 0.82X as long as wide, and maximum width of head 0.33X as long Material examined: 7 exs., Hardinala, Dist. as maximum width of pronotum, pronotal angles Raipur, 8.xi.2011, col. Anil and party; 4exs., widely and acutely produced, pronotum wider than Junagad forest, Dist. Gariabandh, 17.xi. 2011, col. long, pronotum wider than long, about 0.47X as Sunil Kumar and party; 3 exs., Pipartala forest, long as wide; antennae with the basal joint reddish Dist. Kabirdham, 17.x.2011, col. Sunil Kumar brown, 1st joint longest, 3rd and 4th joints sub- and party. equal in length; rostrum about reaching posterior Diagnostic characters: Body pale brown and coxae; abdomen above black except at margins. somewhat punctate; Head wider than long, about Length: 9-10 mm, BISWAS et al. : On an account of Coreoidea....from Chhattisgarh, India 643

Distribution: India: Chhattisgarh (Gariaband, Key to the species of genus Clavigralla Raipur), Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, 1. Lateral pronotal angles produced into Sikkim, and West Bengal. acute black spines directed a little forward 11. Cletus punctiger (Dallas, 1852) and upward; femora with the castaneous annulations to apices and base ...... gibbosa 1852. punctiger Dallas, List. Hem., 2: 494. - Lateral pronotal angles acute, spines a little 1902. Cletus punctiger: Distant, Fauna Brit. India, Rhynchota, 1: 393. directed forward; lateral pronotal margins bi- dentate; femora without any annulations Material examined: 2 exs., Hardinala, Dist...... concolor Raipur, 8.xi.2011, Anil and party. 12. Clavigralla concolor Dohrn, 1860 Diagnostic characters: Body above, beneath 1860. Clavigralla concolor Dohrn, Stett. ent. Zeit., 21: and legs brown, thickly covered with dark brown 403. punctures; head wider than long, about 0.82 1902. Myla concolor: Distant, Fauna Brit. India, Rhynchota, times as long as wide, maximum width of head 1: 403. 0.34X as long as maximum width of pronotum; 1986. Clavigralla concolor Dolling, Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. pronotumwith the lateral angles acutely spinous Hist.) Entomol., 53: 182. and more produced, wider than long, about 0.57X Material examined: 2 exs., Pipartala forest, as long as wide; scutellum about 0.93X as long as Dist. Kabirdham, 17.xi.2011, coll. Sunil Kumar wide; corium with the lateral marginand a small and party; 1ex., Barnala, Dist. Raipur, 14.xi.2011, spot in the inner apical angle whitish; membrane coll. Anil and party. pale brownish, black at base; abdomen above Diagnostic characters: Body reddish brown; red, with thelateral margins very yellow brown; punctured with fuscous; head longer than wide, sternum coarsely punctate provided with a small about 1.07 times as long as wide, maximum width black spot on the lateral area of each segment; of head about 0.50X as long as maximum width length of hind femur about 1.09 X as long as of pronotum; pronotum wider than long, 0.60X hind tibia; antennae dark brown, with 1st and 3rd as long as wide, pronotal angles acute, spines a joints sub-equal, 2nd about 1.3X as long as 1st little directed forward; lateral pronotal margins joint. Length: 10-12 mm. bi-dentate; membrane pale; abdominal margin with three spines; hind tibia is sub-equal to hind Distribution: India: Chhattisgarh (Raipur), femur. 1stjoint of antennae smallest, 2nd and 4th sub- Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, West Bengal; equal in length, 3rd joints longest, A1:A2:A3:A4:: Elsewhere: China, Pakistan, Myanmar. 3.0:3.5:4.0:3.6. Hind femur slightly longer than Subfamily PSUDOPHLOCINAE hind tibia. Length: 7 mm. Key to the genera of the subfamily Distribution: India: Chhattisgarh (Kabirdham and Raipur); Elsewhere: Sri Lanka. Psudophlocinae 13. Clavigralla gibbosa Spinola, 1837 1. Scutellum convex and elevated ...... 1837. Clavigralla gibbosa Spinola, Ess.,: 202...... Clavigralla Spinola 1902. Clavigralla gibbosa : Distant, Fauna Brit. India, - Scutellum plain, not elevated; antennae with Rhynchota, 1: 401. the fi rst joint shorter than head ...... Material examined: 1 ex., Komali, Dist., ...... Hoplolomia Stal Gariaband, 18.x.2011, coll. Sunil Kumar and Genus 9. Clavigralla Spinola, 1837 party. 1837. Clavigralla Spinola, Spin. Ess.,: 202. Diagnostic characters: Body reddish brown, 644 Rec. zool. Surv. India moderately pilose; head slightly longer than wide, Family STENOCEPHALIDAE about 1.01 times as long as wide, about 0.35X as Genus 11. Dicranocephalus Hahn, 1826 long as maximum width of pronotum, pronotum 1826. Dicranocephalus Hahn., Ic. Mon. Cimi.,: 24. much wider than long about 0.44X as long as wide, posterior area of pronotum, and apical area 15. Dicranocephalus lateralis (Signoret, 1879) of corium, brown; antennae brown, apical joint 1879. Stenocephalus lateralis Signnoret, Bull. Soc. Zool. pale brown, second and third joints sub sub-equal Fr.,: 72 in length, A1:A2:A3::1:0.85:0.82; lateral angles of 2006. Dicranocephalus lateralis: Dolling, Cat.Het.Palae. promotum produced into acute black spines, the Reg, 5: 5. anterior area thickly and strongly pilose; scutellum Material examined: 2 exs., Durg Camp, Dist. thickly and strongly pilose; legs yellow brown, Durg, 24.viii. 2011; 1ex., Nawapara, Dist. Raipur, apical halves of femora, bases, apices, central 28.vii. 2011, coll. Sunil Kumar and party; 1ex., annulation to tibiae reddish brown in colour; Bar village, Dist. Raipur, 14.vii.2011, coll. Sunil posterior femora spined beneath towards apices, Kumar and party. hind femur about 1.17X longer than the hind tibia. Diagnostic characters: Body brown, coarsely Length: 8-10 mm. punctate; head cylindrical longer than wide, about Distribution: India: Chhattisgarh (Gariaband), 1.49X as long as wide, with anterior portion of Karnataka, Maharashtra. Elsewhere: Myanmar pronotum somewhat darker, maximum width of Genus 10. Hoplolomia Stal, 1873 head about 0.45X as long as maximum width of pronotum, lateral margins of the pronotum, 1873. Hoplolomia Stal, En. Hem.,3: 84. pronotum wider than long about 0.48X as wide 14. Hoplolomia scabricula Stal, 1873 as long; corium, and membrane impunctate and 1873. Hoplolomia scabricula Stal, En. Hem., 3: 84. yellow brown; antennae strongly pilose, fi rst 1902. Hoplolomia scabricula: Distant, Fauna Brit. India, joint robust and slightly curved, slightly shorter Rhynchota, 1: 404. than the head, second joint about as long as the Material examined: 2 exs., Kodamali, Dist. fourth, third and fi rst sub-equal; the second joint Gariaband, 18.x.2011, coll. Sunil Kumar and is yellow brown, fourth pale fuscous and yellow party; 1ex., Makdi Range, Dist. Bastar , 9.XI.2011, brown at base, A1: A2: A3:A4:: 1:0.80:0.67:0.75; Coll. R.P. Gupta and party. legs yellow brown; fore and intermediate femora Diagnostic characters: Head, antenna, lightly fuscous at apex, hind femora broadly and pronotum, and scutellum dark brown; corium more distinctly fuscous; apices and bases of tibiae brown, its apical area light brown; legs brown, and tarsi fuscous, hind femur slightly less than posterior femora, excluding bases, reddish brown; one and a half times as long as hind tibia. Length: apices of the tibiae brown; body beneath obscure 10-12 mm. pale brown, head wider than long, about 0.78 Distribution: India: Chhattisgarh (Durg, Raipur, times as long as wide, maximum width of head Seoni), Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Elsewhere: Sri 0.44X as long as maximum width of pronotum, Lanka. pronotum wider than long, about 0.47X as long as Family ALYDIDAE wide; pronotum with two prominent central discal tubercles, lateral angles produced and spinous, Key to the subfamilies of the family Alydidae lateral margins strongly dentate, length of hind 1. 1st joint of rostrum extend beyond the eyes; femur about 1.46X as long as hind tibia. 1st joint pronotum posteriorly about one and a half times about 0.80X as long as 2nd joint and 0.67X as as long as width of the head Micrelyterinae. rd long as 3 joints. Length: 6.5 mm. - 1st joint of rostrum not extending behind the Distribution: India: Chhattisgarh (Gariaband, eyes; head large, not or slightly shorter than Bastar), All over India, Elsewhere: Myanmar. the pronotum ...... Alydinae BISWAS et al. : On an account of Coreoidea....from Chhattisgarh, India 645

Subfamily MICRELYTERINAE 17. Leptocorisa acuta (Thunberg, 1783) Genus 12. Leptocorisa Latreille, 1829 1902. Leptocorisa acuta Distant, Fauna Brit. India, Rhynchota, 1: 410. 1892. Leptocorisa Latreille, Fam. Nat.,: 421. 2006. Leptocorisa acuta : Dolling. Cat. Het. Palae. Reg., Key to the species of the genus Leptocorisa 5: 29-30. 1. Venter with a series of lateral dark spots on Material examined: 1 ex, Kudaidhura forest, ventrites 3-6 ...... oratorius Dist. Kabirdham, 15.11.2011, Sunil Kumar and - Venter entirely pale; callosities near pronotal party; 1ex. Dullibahal forest, Dist. Raipur, 10xi. posterior angles small and pale ...... acuta 2011, Anil and party; 1ex. Nakti pond, Dist. Raipur, 13.vii.2011, Sunil Kumar and party. 16. Leptocorisa oratorius (Fabricius, 1794) Diagnostic characters: Body pale greenish 1794. Gerris oratorius Fabricius, Ent. Syst. Em. Auc. Sec., brown to brownish-orange; head longer than 4: 191. wide, Rostrum relatively shorter and just reaches 2006. Leptocorisa oratorius: Dolling. Cat. Het. Palae. Reg., apices of mesocoxae; antennae and legs are usually 5: 30. pale, antennal joints of variable colour, brown to Material examined: 2 exs., Nakti forest, brownish orange; pronotum with well-developed Dist. Raipur, 13.vii.2011; 1ex., Lalbandh pond, dark brown humeral calli; scutellum longer than Raipur, 13.vii.2011, coll. Sunil Kumar and party; wide; colour of abdomen variable, but dorsum 2 exs., Barnawapara, Dist. Raipur, 16.viii.2011, usually darker. Hind femur about 0.88X as long coll. Sunil Kumar and party.1ex., Chipli forest, as hind tibia. Male genitalia with pygophore small Dist. Kabirdham, 14.vii.2011, 1ex., Anjani Beat, and almost rounded; claspers bifurcated at their Surguja, 10.xi.2011, coll. Angshuman Raha and apices. Length: 15-16 mm. party; 2 exs. Makdirng, Dist. Bastar, 11.xi.2011, Distribution: India: Chhattisgarh (Kabirdham, coll. R.P. Gupta and party. Raipur), West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bhutan, China, Diagnostic characters: Body above grayish Fiji, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Caledonia and yellow, beneath pale greenish brown; head longer Samoa. than wide, about 1.26X as long as wide; antennae Subfamily ALYDINAE fuscous, bases of second, third, and fourth joints Key to the genera of the subfamily Alydinae yellow brown, A1: A2: A3: A4:: 1: 0.80: 0.92: 1.41; pronotum wider than long, about 0.35X as 1. Antennae with fi rst joint a little longer than long as wide, 0.65X as long as maximum width of the second and about equal in length to third, head provided with a small distinct tubercle near fourth longest...... Riptortus Stal each lateral pronotal angle and a distinct central - Fourth joint of the antennae longer than thetwo carinate line; scutellum longer than wide, about preceding joints taken together; Posterior 1.32X as long as wide; abdomen above reddish- tibiae straight, shorter than the femora, with brown, with the margins pale greenish yellow. a single row of spines beneath commencing Hind femur about 0.88X as long as hind tibia. at about one third from base and clothed Length: 13 to15 mm. with long spinulose hairs, scutellum short, sub-triangular, somewhat raised, its apex Distribution: India: Chhattisgarh (Bastar, moderately spatulate ...... Nariscus Stal Kabirdham, Raipur), Assam, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Orissa, Sikkim, Tamil Genus 13. Nariscus Stal, 1866 Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, West 1866. Nariscus Stål. Hemip. Afr., 2: 8. Bengal. Elsewhere: Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, 18. Nariscus fi sheri (Distant, 1908) China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Solomon island, Sri 1908. Akbaratus fi sheri Distant, Fauna Brit. India, Lanka and Tibet. Rhynchota, 4: 486. 646 Rec. zool. Surv. India

2006. Nariscus fi sheri: Dolling, Cat. Het. Palae. Reg., 5: 0.74X as long as wide, posterior margin of the 39. pronotum and a lateral fascia on each side of head Material examined: 1 ex., Barnawapara, dark reddish brown, lateral pronotal spines black; Dist. Raipur, 24.vii.2011, coll. Sunil Kumar and sternum somewhat brown with reddish tinge, party with prominent pale yellow brown spots placed Diagnostic characters: Body greenish brown, near the coxae; scutellum about 1.23X as long head slightly longer than wide and sub-equal as wide; coanexivum yellowish brown, posterior to length of the pronotum, maximum width of femora thickly mottled with reddish-brown; about head slightly shorter than maximum width of 1.22X as long as hind tibia; posterior tibiae with pronotum; pronotum pale brownish yellow with the bases and apices reddish-brown. Length: 15 a central longitudinal line, anterior marginal area to 18 mm. with brown impression and a small nodules at Distribution: India: Chhattisgarh (Gariaband, each posterior angle, as long as wide; antennae Kabirdham, Raipur), Karnataka, Maharashtra, with fi st three joints greyish spotted with black; Meghalaya. Elsewhere: Malayan peninsula, corium pale brownish yellow, thickly punctuate; Myanmar, Sri Lanka. posterior femora with two brownish annulations. Length: 13 mm. 20. Riptortus linearis (Fabricius, 1775) Distribution: India: Chhattisgarh (Raipur), 1775. Lygaeus linearis Fabr., Syst. Ent.,: 710. Maharashtra, Uttarakhand. 1902. Riptortus linearis: Distant, Fauna Brit. India, Rhynchota, 1: 415. Genus 14. Riptortus Stal, 1860 Material examined: 1 ex., Bakaband, Dist- 1860. Riptortus Stal, Ofv. Vet. -Ak. Forh.,: 460. Bastar, 21,xi.2011, Coll. R.P. Gupta and party; Key to the species of genus Riptortus 1 ex., Kherpani, Dist. Kabirdham, 16.xi.2011, 1. A dark castaneous lateral fascia on each Sunil Kumar and party; 1 ex., Banjari hills, Dist. side of head, not extending beyond base of Kabirdham, 25.xi.2011, Anil and party; 1 ex., antennae ...... pedestris Jamunpani forest, Dist. Kabirdham, 22.xi.2011, - A sublateral levigate pale ochraceous fascia Anil and party; 1 ex., Amajheria, Dist-Balrampur, margined with black on each side of head and 9.xi.2011, Coll. Raha and party. sternum ...... linearis Diagnostic characters: Body dark reddish 19. Riptortus pedestris (Fabricius, 1775) brown dorsally, disk of sternum and abdomen black with some yellow brown spots. Head wider 1775. Gerris pedestris Fabr., Syst. Ent.,: 727. than long, about 0.83X as long as wide, maximum 1902. Riptortus pedestris Distant, Fauna Brit. India, width of head 0.75X as long as maximum width Rhynchota, 1: 415. of pronotum, pronotum wider than long, about Material examined: 1 ex., Kundpani Forest, 0.81X as long as wide, a small spot at the middle Dist. Kabirdham, 21 .ix.2011, coll. Anil and party; of posterior pronotal margin and the apex of the 1es., Barnala, Dist. Raipur, 4.xi.2011, coll. Anil scutellum pale brown; scutellum about 1.06X as and party; 1ex., Junagadh Forest, Dist. Gariaband, long as wide, length of hind femur 1.27X as long 17.x.2011,coll. Sunil Kumar and party. as hind tibia. A1:A2:A3:4A:: 1.00:0.69: 0.75: 1.87. Diagnostic characters: Body dark brownish, Length: 14 to 16 mm. fi nely and brown pilose; head wider than long, Distribution: India: Chhattisgarh (Balrampur, about 0.77X as long as wide, maximum width Bastar, Kabirdham), Karnataka, Maharashtra, of head 0.73X as long as maximum width of Sikkim, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Myanmar, pronotum, pronotum wider than long, about several islands of the Malayan Archipelago. BISWAS et al. : On an account of Coreoidea....from Chhattisgarh, India 647

Family RHOPHALIDAE as maximum width of pronotum; pronotum with Key to the subfamilies of the family an anterior and posterior transverse black fascia, Rhopalidae pronotum wider than long, about 0.62X as long as wide; corium pale brown, scutellum about 1.13X 1. Anterior lateral margins of the pronotum not as long as wide; legs pale reddish brown; length or obtusely sinuate; areole at anterior apical of hind femur about 0.67X as long as hind tibia. area of corium quadrangular ...... A1:A2:A3:4A:: 1.0:2.0:2.3:3.6. Length: 6 to 9 ...... Rhophalinae mm. - Anterior lateral margins of the pronotum Distribution: India: Chhattisgarh (Gariaband, distinctly angulately emarginate; areolus at Kabirdham, Raipur). Elsewhere: Sri Lanka. interior apical area of corium triangular ...... Serinathinae 22. Liorhyssus hyalinus (Fabricius, 1794) Subfamily RHOPHALINAE 1794. Lygaeus hyalinus Fabricius, Ent. Syst. 4: 168 2009. Liorhyssus hyalinus Werner, Heteropteron, 31: 35- Genus 15. Liorhyssus Stal, 1870 36 1870. Liorhyssus Stal, En. Hem., 1: 222. Material examined: 1 ex., Hardinala, Dist. Key to species of the genus Liorhyssus Raipur, 8.xi.2011, coll. Anil and party. 1 Scutellum black, its apex reddish or Diagnostic characters: Body brownish yellow ochraceous; corium ochraceous, its apical area above; head with several black streaks and dots, more or less reddish- piceous or reddish ; body rostrum pale yellow, with the apex black; antennae beneath red ; body beneath red ; abdomen pale yellow, with a brown line along the upper witha series of luteous spots on each lateral surface of the fi rst three joints. Head wider than area, the extreme lateral margins alternately long, about 0.81 times as wide as long, maximum black and brown ...... rubicundus width of head 0.66X as long as maximum width of - Scutellum somewhat acute at the apex, pronotum ; pronotum thickly and fi nely punctured punctured with black and clothed with long with black, dark brown near anterior and posterior whitish hairs, body beneath ochraceous; margins, pronotum wider than long, about 0.57X abdomen impunctate, clothed with short pale as long as wide; scutellum somewhat acute at the hairs ...... hyalinus apex, punctured with black; tarsi with the tips 21. Liorhyssus rubicundus (Signoret, 1859) of the fi rst and third joints and the claws black. 1859. rubicundus Signoret, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., 3(7): Length: 5 to 6 mm. 86. Distribution: India: Chhattisgarh (Raipur), 1902. Liorhyssus rubicundus: Distant, Fauna Brit. India, Maharashtra, West Bengal. Rhynchota, 1: 415. Subfamily SERINATHINAE Material examined: 1 ex., Kehrpani, Dist. Kabirdham, 16.xi.2011, coll. Sunil and party; 1ex., Genus 16. Leptocrios Hahn, 1831 Kodmali, Dist. Gariaband, 18.x.2011, coll. Sunil 1831. Leptocoris Hahn, Wanz. Ins., 1: 200. and party; 1ex., Hardinala, Dist. Raipur, 8.xi.2011, 23. Leptocoris augur (Fabricius, 1781) coll. Anil and party. 1781. Cimex augur Fabr., Spec. Ins., 2: 366. Diagnostic characters: Head, pronotum and 1902. Serinetha augur : Distant, Fauna Brit. India, scutellum dark reddish brownish in colour, rest of Rhynchota, 1: 420. the body pale brown, body beneath red; abdomen 2006. Leptocoris augur: Dolling, Cat. Het. Palae. Reg., with a series of yellow brown spots on each lateral 5: 9. area; head wider than long, about 0.89X as long Material examined: 2 exs., Latadar, Dist. as wide, maximum width of head 0.72X as long Raipur, 8.vii.2011, coll. Sunil Kumar and party; 648 Rec. zool. Surv. India

5 exs., Barnawapara, Dist. Raipur, 8.vii.2011, SUMMARY coll. Sunil Kumar and party; 3 exs., Kodmali, This paper reports 23 species of Coreoid bugs Dist. Gariabandh, 18.x.2011, coll. Sunil Kumar under 16 genera belonging to 4 families from the and party. state of Chhattisgarh, of these so far 5 species Diagnostic characters: Body pale reddish under 5 genera (marked with *) were known from brown; head wider than long, about 0.60 times the state. The diagnosis of each species along with as long as wide, maximum width of head 0.71X measurements and their ratios, keys to various as long as maximum width of pronotum, antennae, taxa, distributions of each species in different rostrum, legs, and membrane black; pronotum very districts of Chhattisgarh, other states as well as distinctly centrally carinate and fi nely punctate, from elsewhere along with relevant references pronotum wider than long, about 0.59X as long have also been incorporated. as wide, scutellum about 1.20X as long as wide, length of hind femur about 0.81X as long as hind ACKNOWLEDGEMENT tibia. Length: 14 to 16 mm. Authors are grateful to Dr. K. Venkataraman, Distribution: India: Chhattisgarh (Gariaband, Director, ZSI, for providing all necessary facilities. Raipur) Assam, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West We would like to thank Dr. K. A. Subramanian, Bengal. Elsewhere: Sri Lanka, West Yunnan, Scientist- C, Divisional-in-Charge, Entomology Malayan Peninsula, and Hainan. Division– B. for his numerous courtesies.

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Manuscript Received : 9th June, 2014; Accepted : 10th October, 2014. BISWAS et al. : On an account of Coreoidea....from Chhattisgarh, India 649

PLATE I

Figs. 1. Anoplocnemis Figs. 2. Petillopsis calcar Figs. 3. Dalader planiventris phasiana (Fabr.) (Dall.) (Westw.)

Figs. 4. Homoeocerus Figs. 5. Homoeocerus Figs. 6. Aschistocoris signatus Walker striicornis Scott brevicornis (Dallas)

Figs. 7. Notobitus meleagris Figs. 8. Petalocnemis obscura Figs. 9. Cletus bipunctatus (Fabr.) (Dall.) (Westw.)

Figs. 10. Cletus punctulatus Figs. 11. Cletus punctiger Figs. 12. Chavigralla (Westw.) (Dall.) concolor (Dohrn) 650 Rec. zool. Surv. India

PLATE II

Figs. 13. Chavigralla gibbosa Figs. 14. Hoplolomia Figs. 15. Dicranocephalus Spinola scabricula Stal laterallis (Signoret)

Figs. 16. Leptocorisa Figs. 17. Leptocorisa acuta Figs. 18. Nariscus fi sheri oratorius (Fabr.) (Thunb.) (Distant)

Figs. 19. Riptortus pedestris Figs. 20. Riptortus linearis Figs. 21. Liorhyssus (Fabr.) (Fbr.) rubicundus (Signoret)

Figs. 22. Liorhyssus hylinus Figs. 23. Leptocoris augur (Fabr.) (Fabr.)