Pentatomidae fauna of India

Canthecona concinna (Walker, 1867)

Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Asopinae

• Head not declivous
• Mandibular plates as long as clypeus, apex of mandibular plates rounded
• Pronotum more than twice as broad as long, anterolateral pronotal margin concave
• Humeri moderately developed with lateral margin truncated
• Scutellum subtriangular, longer than wide at base, apex narrow and U-shaped
• Pro and mesosternum with median longitudinal carina
• Forefemora with preapical spine, foretibiae lamellate

Genital capsule dorsoventrally flattened, dorsal rim concave, dorsal sclerite roughly saddle-shaped; ventral rim slightly wavy with minute V-notch medially. Paramere with large apically acute triangular crown, with two smaller inwardly curved excavation. Phallotheca short, dorsally convex; thecal processes collar-like broad, with membranous conjunctival processes.Genital capsule dorsoventrally flattened, dorsal rim concave, dorsal sclerite roughly saddle-shaped; ventral rim slightly wavy with minute V-notch medially. Paramere with large apically acute triangular crown, with two smaller inwardly curved excavation. Phallotheca short, dorsally convex; thecal processes collar-like broad, with membranous conjunctival processes.

Spermatheca with narrow median dilation, distal invagination of spermathecal duct narrow and cylindrical, spermathecal pump short, proximal flange shorter; distal flange adpressed to large, orbicular apical receptacle; finger-like processes on apical receptacle absent.

Eggs hatch in 13-16 days, total nymphal developmental period of 33-36. In the life span of 19-46 days, female lays 25-48 eggs in each batch of 2-4

Cydia leucostoma (Meyr.), Caloptilia theivora (Walsm.) Biston suppressaria (Guene) on tea (Srikumar et al., 2018)

China and Taiwan (Kirkaldy, 1910) India (Waghmare & Gaikwad 2017)

This species can be distinguished by the possession of truncate humeri and small hook-like spinous structure on the posterior angles of pronotum.

Srikumar, K. K., Salini, S., Smitha, S., Kumar, B. S. & Radhakrishnan, B. (2018) Taxonomy, bionomics and predatory potential of Eocanthecona concinna (Walker) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Asopinae). Journal of Biological Control, 32(2), 81–86.

Waghmare, S. H. & Gaikwad S. M. (2017) First record of the predatory stinkbug Eocanthecona concinna (Walker, 1867) (Pentatomidae: Asopinae) from India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 9(2), 9870–9873. http://dof.org/10.11609/jot.3051.9.2.9870987

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.