Anthocoris muraleedharani Yamada 2010

Anthocoris muraleedharani Yamada, 2010 (Fig. 2) Anthocoris muraleedharani Yamada, 2010 in YAMADA et al. (2010a:416). HOLOTYPE:, India, Bangalore (TKPM). Type material examined. HOLOTYPE:, progeny of the specimens originally collected at ‘ INDIA: Karnataka / Bangalore, ix. 2008 / N13°01 ′ 62.2 ″ / E77°35 ′ 05.3 ″ / 932 m above MSL / C. R. Ballal leg.’ [printed], ‘Host Insect:/ Ferrisia virgata / Host Plant:/ Bauhinia purpurea / [Lab. Reared culture]’ [printed], ‘Holotype / Anthocoris muraleedharani / Yamada, 2010 ’ [printed, red square] (TKPM). Additional material examined. INDIA: KARNATAKA : Bangalore, Attur, x.2014, 1 3 ♀♀, from Magnolia champaka (L.) Baill. ex Pierre (TKPM) . Distribution in India. Karnataka: Attur (this paper), Bangalore (YAMADA et al. 2010a). General distribution. Endemic. Biology. The species inhabits plantations of Bauhinia purpurea, feeding on mealybugs Ferrisia virgata Cockerell, 1893. Observed as a potential predator of Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley, 1898 and Paracoccus marginatus Williams & Granara, 1992 (YAMADA et al. 2010a). The specimens were also collected from the Champaka tree, Magnolia champaca (this paper).
Published as part of Ballal, Chandish R., Akbar, Shahid Ali, Yamada, Kazutaka, Wachkoo, Aijaz Ahmad & Varshney, Richa, 2018, Annotated catalogue of the flower bugs from India (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae, Lasiochilidae), pp. 207-226 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 58 (1) on pages 209-210, DOI: 10.2478/aemnp-2018-0018, http://zenodo.org/record/3699210
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