Cantheconidea javana (Dallas, 1851)

Synonyms:

Glypsus javanus Dallas, 1851

Canthecona javana Vollenhoven, 1868

Canthecona cognata Distant, 1882

Canthecona insularis Kirby, 1891

Cantheconidea javana Schouteden, 1907
Taxonomic position

Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Asopinae
Diagnosis
  • Elongate, widest across the thorax, tapering towards the apex of the elytra
  • Head with the clypeus as long as the mandibular plate
  • Fore femur with a strong spine in the midway
  • Thoracic spines straight in front and emarginate behind, giving a sub-bifid appearance
  • Posterior angles of the last abdominal segment spinous
Biology:
Not known
Host plants/Prey:

Not known
Distribution:

India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia (Thomas, 1994)
Selected References:

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) Rhynchota Vol. I, Heteroptera. In: Blanford, W. T. (Ed). The Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma. Taylor and Francis, London. 307+438 pp.

Thomas, D. B. (1994) Taxonomic synopsis of the Old World asopine genera (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Insecta Mundi, 8(3-4), 145-212.

Walker F. (1867) Catalogue of the specimens of heteropterous Hemiptera in the collection of the British Museum. Part II. Scutata. E. Newman, London, pp. 241–417.

Kirby, W. F. (1891) Catalogue of the described Hemiptera Heteroptera and Homoptera of Ceylon, based on the collection formed (chiefly at Pundaloya) by Mr. E. Ernest Green. Journal of the Linnean Society of Zoology, 24, 72-176.