Hadronotus linshcostei (Masner)

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Gryon linshcostei Masner, 1975: 211, 213 (keyed); Sarazin, 1986: 975 (type information); Johnson 1992: 387 (catalogued, type information)

This is a sibling species of H. triatomae, described in detail by Masner (1975).

Material examined

Holotype: female (CNC 881050; CNC 13469), INDIA: South India: Karnataka: Chikkaballapura, Gundlugurki, nr. Bangalore, April, 1973; reared on eggs of Linshcosteus sp. ( Hemiptera: Reduviidae).

Diagnosis

Hadronotus linshcostei and H. triatomae (sibling species) differ from H. galdikasae sp. n. and H. circus in having a distinct postmarginalis coupled with the absence of a medial notch on propodeum, whereas in the other two species the postmarginalis is absent and the medial notch on the propodeum is distinct.