taxonID	type	description	language	source
7104095BFFE2FFA4FFADFF66FCCFFDC0.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. f, INDIA: Himachal Pradesh, Kullu District, Great Himalayan National Park, 31.792 ° N, 77.567 ° E, 2754 m, 15. ix. 2016 (Kumar). Redescription. General body features. Macropterous, body ovately oblong. Remark: New to India. Coloration Body above with legs and labium dark brown, corium little pale colour, membrane fuliginous; antennae brown with basal half segment stramineous; body beneath blackish red; pronotum with two small central pale fascia on anterior disc; dorsally thickly punctuate; scutellum transversely wrinkled (Figure 1 A). Head Anteocular region longer than posterior of head including eyes; length of antennal segments I 0.5 mm, II 1.4 mm, III 1.3 mm, IV 1.6 mm, V 1.7 mm, antennal formula 1> 2> 3> 4> 5; labium reaching mesocoxae; length of anteocular region 0.9 mm; length of remainder of head 1 mm; width of head including eyes 3.1 mm (Figure 1 A). Thorax Pronotum distinctly more than 2 x broader than its length, anterior margin distinctly wider than head width, lateral margins slightly sinuate, length 2.8 mm width 6.7 mm; scutellum slightly longer than broad with sub rounded apical lobe, length 5 mm, width 4 mm; metathoracic scent ostiole round and elongated, auricle thumb-like (Figure 2 B) and have a sharp elevation (Figure 2 A), not merged with surface; distance base scutellum-apex clavus 3.9 mm; apex clavus-apex corium 2.7 mm; apex corium-apex abdomen including 2.2 mm; apex scutellum-apex abdomen including membrane 3.7 mm (Figure 1 B). Rostrum passing the mid coxa (Figure 2 C).	en	Kushwaha, Sandeep, Kumar, Hirdesh, Jahan, Sonam (2023): First record of genus Praetextatus Distant (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Caystrine) from India. Species (e 24 s 1024) 24 (73): 1-4, DOI: 10.54905/disssi/v24i73/e24s1024, URL: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v24i73/e24s1024
7104095BFFE2FFA4FFADFF66FCCFFDC0.taxon	description	Measurements (mm) Female: Body length 13.5; head length 1.9, inter-ocular distance 1; rostral length 6.4, length of rostral segments I: 1.6, II: 1.7, III: 1.8 and IV: 1.3; length of pronotum 2.8, length of anterior pronotal lobe 2.8, length of scutellum 5, width of scutellum 4; length of abdomen 7.3, length of forecoxa: 0.82, trochanter: 0.30, femur: 1.28, tibia: 1.25, tarsus: 0.42, claw: 0.10; midcoxa: 0.49, trochanter: 0.31, femur: 1.32, tibia: 1.28, tarsus: 0.60, claw: 0.12; hindcoxa: 0.50, trochanter: 0.32, femur: 1.48, tibia: 1.79, tarsus: 0.70, pretarsus: 0.13. Genitalia: Female terminalia (after digestion). Lettering: lt VIII — laterotergite VIII; lt IX — laterotergite IX; sp; vlf VIII — valvifers VIII; vlf IX — valvifers IX (Figure 1 C). Genital plate described in (Figures 2 D-F). Distribution: India: Himachal Pradesh. Elsewhere: Myanmar, Taiwan.	en	Kushwaha, Sandeep, Kumar, Hirdesh, Jahan, Sonam (2023): First record of genus Praetextatus Distant (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Caystrine) from India. Species (e 24 s 1024) 24 (73): 1-4, DOI: 10.54905/disssi/v24i73/e24s1024, URL: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v24i73/e24s1024
