Bathycoelia indica Dallas, 1851
Synonyms
Jurtina indica Dallas, 1851
Taxonomic position
Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae
Diagnosis
- Head with apex truncated
- Mandibular plate nearly as long as clypeus
- Pronotum with anterolateral margins straight, and smooth, not reflexed
- Humeri nearly rounded to slightly angulate
- Metasternal carina with shallow longitudinal groove to receive labium
- Peritreme modified into peritremal ruga, distinctly extending beyond middle of metapleuron
- Distinct median longitudinal groove bordered with ridge-like thickening running across abdominal sternites III to VII and ending in short grooved projection on abdominal sternite III
Male genitalia
Dorsal rim of genital capsule deeply, widely and concavely excavated; median emargination on either side with small, brownish, sclerotized, cap-like dorsal sclerites; ventral rim deeply concave fringed with fine, moderately long setae throughout the ventral rim, median emargination with median concavity, moderately developed, set with few fine setae, visible well above ventral margin. Paramere. J-shaped; lateral margins of crown slightly callose, black and with fine teeth-like serrations. Phallotheca with one pair of conjunctival processes, membranous and apically incised; processes of aedeagus short, sclerotized, closely encircling aedeagus; aedeagus sclerotized, moderately bent upwards.
Female genitalia
Valvifers VIII roughly triangular; valvifers IX small, roughly trapezoidal; laterotergite IX finger-like with rounded apex and slightly convex outer margins, reaching or slightly surpassing apex of latertergite VIII. Spermatheca. Dilated part constricted to form two bulb-like dilation; apical receptacle small, spherical with two finger-like processes.
Biology
Not known
Host plants
Pomegranate (Chatterjee, 1934)
Distribution
Andhra Pradesh (Salini and Viraktamath, 2015); Karnataka: (Chatterjee, 1934); Maharashtra: (Distant, 1902); South Andaman (Salini and Viraktamath, 2015); Tamil Nadu: (Chatterjee, 1934); North India (Atkinson, 1887).
Comments
Recognised by the violet lateral margins of head and pronotum, pale levigate margin and black spots at basal angle of scutellum.
Selected References
Atkinson, E.T. (1887) Notes on Indian Rhynchota, Heteroptera No. 2. Journal of The Asiatic Society of Bengal, 56, 145–205.
Dallas, W. S. (1851). List of the specimens of hemipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part 1. Trustees of the British Museum, London. pp. 1-368, pls. 1-11.
Distant W.L. (1902). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. 2. London, xvii + 1-242.
Salini, S. & Viraktamath, C.A. (2015) Genera of Pentatomidae (Hemiptera: Pentatomoidea) from south India–an illustrated key to genera and checklist of species. Zootaxa, 3924 (1), 1–76. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3924.1.1
