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03818784FFC1FFF9C5D8FE22FF68F986.text	03818784FFC1FFF9C5D8FE22FF68F986.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Alphocoris caudatus Rédei & Tsai & Jindra 2018	<div><p>Alphocoris caudatus Rédei, Tsai &amp; Jindra, sp. nov.</p><p>Figs. 1–6, 19–21, 28–29, 34–36, 44, 51–54, 59–62</p><p>Type material. Holotype: ♂, “ INDIA occ., Maharashtra state \ 7–11 October 2005 \ Mulshi enV., 40 km W of Pune \ F. Kantner lgt.”; mounted on card, genital capsule remoVed and glued to the same card separately but otherwise intact (ZJPC). Paratypes: same label as in holotype (3 ♂♂ 1 ♀ ZJPC, 2 ♂♂ HNHM, 1 ♂ NMNS); “ India W, 30.ix.-2.x.2005 \ Maharastra state \ 40 km W of Pune \ Mulshi enV., J. BEZDĚK lgt.” (1 ♀ NMPC)</p><p>Diagnosis. Readily recognized among all congeners by its rather uniformly coloured dorsum lacking dark longitudinal Vittae (Figs. 1, 4), and the posterior portion of the scutellum and abdomen being strongly constricted in both sexes (Figs. 1–6) but particularly in males (Fig. 21).</p><p>Description. Colour, integument and vestiture. Dorsum rather uniformly stramineous with contrasting black markings on head but without dark longitudinal Vittae on scutellum, subshining; head stramineous to yellow, anterior part of clypeus, a longitudinal Vitta on mandibular plate laterally anteriad of eyes, mesal margin of mandibular plates together with adjacent lateral margins of clypeus continued in a pair of broad submedian Vittae extending to base of head, postocular portion laterally, and whole Ventral surface of head black; yellow areas of head with a few scattered, colourless, inconspicuous punctures, black areas densely and coarsely punctured; scape and pedicel of antenna dark yellowish or brown, flagellum rather dark brown, but occasionally whole antenna suffused with dark brown except of base of scape and basipedicellite; labium stramineous, segments III and IV suffused with dark brown; pronotum, scutellum, and exposed portions of fore wings rather uniformly stramineous, with small, not conspicuous dark patches formed by confluent dark punctures as follows: an irregular longitudinal streak laterad and a small dot immediately mesad of cicatrices, and a pair of submedian, longitudinal, anteriorly indistinctly delimited Vittae on posterior fourth to fifth of scutellum; pronotum and scutellum densely and rather uniformly and regularly punctured, but with a pair of unpunctured, slightly eleVated, somewhat callose surfaces between cicatrices and anterior margin of pronotum, furthermore midline of scutellum and a pair of submedian longitudinal bands in posterior third of scutellum also unpunctured, with Very fine and shallow punctures between and around them; middle and posterior portions of scutellum also frequently with a few irregularly scattered, Very large, black punctures; prothoracic hypomeron (= deflexed marginal portion of pronotum) stramineous, thoracic pleurites greatly black but paler laterally, coarsely punctured; coxae and trochanters dark brown, suffused with black, femora and tibiae black, tarsi brown, suffused with black towards apex; ground colour of abdominal Venter stramineous but densely coVered by coarse, greatly confluent black punctures therefore pale ground colour only Visible as a broad Vitta along lateral margin, a median Vitta usually interrupted at intersegmental sutures, and pale interspaces between punctures on disk; outer laterotergites stramineous, broadly suffused with black mesally, inner laterotergites and mediotergites black. Dense, tomentose pubescence of dorsum was lacking in the examined material (probably it was rubbed off), but its remnants were present on some specimens particularly on anterior portion of head, Ventral surface of body, and legs; scape and basipedicellite nearly glabrous, distipedicellite with a few scattered, fine hairs, flagellum with fine, dense, adpressed to semierect pilosity.</p><p>Structure. Body elongate, about 2.7 times as long as its humeral width (♂, ♀), more strongly constricted posteriorly than A. naso sp. nov. and A. asper sp. nov. therefore appearing more gracile. Head (Figs. 19–20) elongate subtriangular, about as wide as long, width across eyes about 1.35 (♂) / 1.25–1.3 (♀) times as long as interocular distance; eyes relatiVely small, semiglobose, strongly protruding laterally; distance from anterior margin of eye to leVel of apex of mandibular plate measured along longitudinal axis of body about 2.75 times as long as length of eye in dorsal View; apical, protruding portion of clypeus relatiVely short, less than one third as long as distance from anterior margin of eye to leVel of apex of mandibular plate measured along longitudinal axis of body; mandibular plates with a weak, obtuse longitudinal carina laterally anteriad of Ventral margin of eye; apex of buccula closely approaching apex of clypeus. Labium reaching bases of hind coxae. Thorax. Pronotum 1.4–1.45 times as broad as its median length; lateral margins smooth in their whole length, straight anteriorly, then gradually transform to broadly rounded humeri. Scutellum 1.55–1.65 times as long as its greatest width, posterior portion strongly tapering with conVerging lateral margins straight, apex conspicuously narrow (distance between paired protruding terminal angles shorter than width of anterior portion of clypeus) and considerably surpassing apex of abdomen, terminal part apically narrowly and almost transVersely truncate between a pair of minute lateral denticles (♂) or narrowly angularly excised (♀). Pregenital abdomen more strongly tapering apically than in A. naso sp. nov. and A. asper sp. nov., Ventrite VII of male conspicuously elongate (Fig. 21), posterolateral angles of abdominal Ventrites III–IV not produced.</p><p>External male genitalia. Genital capsule (Figs. 28–29, 34) highly elongate oVal in posterior View (Fig. 34), Ventral rim broadly conVex in dorsal View (Fig. 28), posterior portion relatiVely strongly produced (Fig. 29). Paramere as in Figs. 35–36. Phallus (Figs. 44, 51): second pair of conjunctiVal processes (cp-II) subdiVided into 2+2 branches, dorsal branch (Fig. 44: cp-II1) membranous, greatly enlarged, surpassing apex of aedeagus; Ventral branch (Fig. 44: cp-II2) sclerotized, fin-shaped, broad; aedeagus weakly dilated subapically, distalmost portion narrow, tubular.</p><p>External female genitalia. Terminalia as in Figs. 52–53. Ovipositor: dorsomesal margin of laterotergite IX (Figs. 53, 59: lt9) deeply emarginate around postgenital abdomen; ValVifer IX (Fig. 59: Vf9) with a relatiVely small, oVal median portion prolonged into a pair of elongate, obliquely transVerse rod-like arms joining rami of ValVulae IX without moVeable articulation; ValVulae VIII (Figs. 59: Va8) and IX well deVeloped, each with distinct sclerotized rami (Fig. 59: ra8), rami of ValVulae VIII weakly sclerotized towards its base, distinct, sclerotized gonangulum lacking. Inner ectodermal genital tracts: gynatrium saccular, elongate, proVided with a pair of long anterolateral pouches (Fig. 60: algp); ring sclerites could not be traced in the single examined specimen; base of spermatheca associated with a broad, plate-like fecundation sclerite (Fig. 60: fec). Spermatheca (Figs. 61–62): proximal duct (Figs. 61–62: pd) greatly broadened, thin-walled, saccular, joining to gynatrium through a broad opening; dilation (Figs. 61–62: dil) thick-walled, outer surface irregularly wrinkled, capable of inVagination into proximal duct as shown in Fig. 64 for A. naso sp. nov.; distal duct (Figs. 61–62: dd) Very short and thin, membranous, dorsoVentrally flattened; intermediate part (Fig. 54) with a small proximal flange, lacking distal flange, thin-walled portion (flexible zone) occupying its distal two-thirds, septum and fretum could not be traced in the single examined specimen; apical receptacle (Fig. 54) with a cup-shaped, strongly curVed proximal portion and a Voluminous, globose apical portion.</p><p>Measurements (in mm; N = 3 ♂♂ / 2 ♀♀). Body length 8.00–8.72 / 8.82–9.10; length of head 1.62–1.75 / 1.75–1.86, width across eyes 1.75–1.76 / 1.81–1.91, interocular distance 1.28–1.32 / 1.43–1.47; lengths of scape 0.37–0.44 / 0.43–0.44: basipedicellite 0.32–0.39 / 0.39–0.43: distipedicellite 0.25–0.27 / 0.27–0.29: basiflagellum 0.43–0.44 / 0.49: distiflagellum 0.62–0.63 / 0.68–0.69; median length of pronotum 2.08–2.16 / 2.21–2.35, humeral width 2.93–3.04 / 3.23–3.35; median length of scutellum 4.73–5.00 / 5.20–5.39, greatest width 2.88–3.12 / 3.33–3.37.</p><p>Etymology. The specific epithet caudatus, - a, - um (meaning ‘caudate’, ‘haVing or proVided with a tail’) is an adjectiVe formed from the Latin noun cauda (‘tail’) by adding the suffix - atus; it refers to the posteriorly strongly produced and tapering scutellum.</p><p>Distribution. Only known from the type locality near Pune in Maharashtra State, western coastal region of India.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03818784FFC1FFF9C5D8FE22FF68F986	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Rédei, Dávid;Tsai, Jing-Fu;Jindra, Zdeněk	Rédei, Dávid, Tsai, Jing-Fu, Jindra, Zdeněk (2018): The genus Alphocoris in the Indomalaya (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Scutelleridae). Zootaxa 4382 (2): 299-320, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4382.2.5
03818784FFC6FFF5C5D8F920FB5BFE48.text	03818784FFC6FFF5C5D8F920FB5BFE48.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Alphocoris naso Rédei & Tsai & Jindra 2018	<div><p>Alphocoris naso Rédei &amp; Tsai, sp. nov.</p><p>Figs. 7–12, 22–24, 30–31, 37–40, 45, 47–48, 55–56, 63–64</p><p>Type material. Holotype: ♂, “ India, Molem, Goa, \ 120 m ” [hw], “No.116. netted \ 21.II.1980. \ leg. Topál” [hw]; mounted on card, intact (HNHM). Paratypes: labels as in holotype (1 ♀ NMNS); “ INDIA Molem, \ Goa, 120m ” [pr], “No.116. netted \ 21.II.1980. \ leg. Topál” [hw] (1 ♂ 2 ♀♀ HNHM).</p><p>Diagnosis. Similar to A. asper sp. nov. in size and habitus, but it can be distinguished from the latter species by the less coarse punctation of the dorsum (Figs. 7, 10) and the straight lateral margins of the posterior third of scutellum (Fig. 7). The male genitalia (Figs. 30–31, 37–40, 45, 47–48) and female terminalia (Figs. 55–56) offer seVeral diagnostic characters for separation of the two species.</p><p>Description. Colour, integument and vestiture. Ground colour of dorsum stramineous with contrasting black markings on head and with more or less distinct dark longitudinal Vittae on scutellum formed by dark punctures, dull to weakly shining; head stramineous to yellow, with black markings on anterior and lateral part of clypeus, margins of mandibular plate, submedially between eyes, postocular portion, and Ventral surface of head more or less as in A. caudatus; antenna rather uniformly stramineous; labium stramineous, segments III and IV suffused with dark brown; pronotum, scutellum, and exposed portions of fore wings stramineous, with two pairs of more or less distinct, broad, longitudinal bands on pronotum as well as a pair of discal and a pair of marginal bands on scutellum formed by dark but not confluent punctures, punctures forming these bands are confluent and form dark patches immediately mesad and laterad of cicatrices on pronotum and bilaterally before apex of scutellum; dark punctures forming aboVe described longitudinal bands large, rather coarse, greatly confluent in male, smaller and isolated in female; paler interspaces between dark longitudinal bands more finely and sparsely punctured; midline of scutellum unpunctured and surrounded by seVeral large, coarse, black punctures at two sides (♂) or finely punctured with a few scattered larger and coarser punctures (♀); prothoracic hypomeron and thoracic pleurites apparently as in A. caudatus sp. nov., but could not be studied in detail due to dense, tomentose pubescence; legs black, tarsi stramineous; abdominal Venter as in A. caudatus sp. nov. but dark colour surrounding punctures more extensiVe and confluent therefore median Vitta irregular and indistinct, and disk only with a few pale interspaces between punctures; outer laterotergites stramineous, broadly suffused with black mesally, inner laterotergites and mediotergites black. Dense, tomentose pubescence of dorsum was greatly rubbed off from the specimens examined but its remnants were present on all specimens dorsally and Ventrally; scape and basipedicellite nearly glabrous, distipedicellite with scattered, fine hairs, flagellum with fine, dense, adpressed to semierect pilosity.</p><p>Structure. Body elongate, about 2.6 times as long as its humeral width (♂, ♀), less strongly constricted posteriorly than in A. caudatus sp. nov. Head (Figs. 22–23) elongate subtriangular, about as wide as long, width across eyes about 1.45 (♂, ♀) times as long as interocular distance; eyes larger than in A. caudatus sp. nov., semiglobose, strongly protruding laterally; distance from anterior margin of eye to leVel of apex of mandibular plate measured along longitudinal axis of body about 1.65 times as long as length of eye in dorsal View; apical, protruding portion of clypeus long, about half as long as distance from anterior margin of eye to leVel of apex of mandibular plate measured along longitudinal axis of body; mandibular plates with a strong longitudinal carina laterally anteriad of Ventral margin of eye, Visible in dorsal View (Fig. 22: arrow). Labium surpassing middle or reaching bases of hind coxae. Thorax. Pronotum 1.45–1.5 times as broad as its median length; lateral margins smooth, Very slightly concaVe posteriad of leVel of calli particularly in female. Scutellum 1.45–1.5 times as long as its greatest width, posterior portion less strongly tapering than in A. caudatus sp. nov., with conVerging lateral margins straight, distance between paired protruding terminal angles longer than width of anterior portion of clypeus, slightly surpassing apex of abdomen, terminal part angularly excised apically (♂, ♀). Pregenital abdomen broader, less strongly tapering apically than in A. caudatus sp. nov., Ventrite VII of male relatiVely short and broad (Fig. 24), posterolateral angles of Ventrites III–IV not produced.</p><p>External male genitalia. Genital capsule (Figs. 30–31, 37–38) broadly oVal in posterior View (Fig. 37), Ventral rim Very slightly conVex, nearly straight in dorsal View (Fig. 30), posterior portion weakly produced (Fig. 31). Paramere as in Figs. 39–40. Phallus (Figs. 45, 47–48) with second pair of conjunctiVal processes (cp-II) subdiVided into 3+3 branches, dorsal branch (Fig. 47: cp-II1) membranous, relatiVely short, Ventral branches (Figs. 45, 47: cp-II2, cp-II3) sclerotized, elongate, apex slightly dilated, club-like; conjunctiVal pad (Fig. 47: cpd) rounded around endophallic reserVoir; aedeagus (Fig. 45: aed) strongly dilated subapically, distalmost portion short, relatiVely broad, sclerotized.</p><p>External female genitalia. Terminalia as in Figs. 55–56. Ovipositor: dorsomesal margin of laterotergite IX obliquely truncate around postgenital abdomen; ValVifer IX with a relatiVely small, oVal median portion prolonged into a pair of short, obliquely transVerse rod-like arms terminating in a rounded tip; ValVulae VIII greatly membranous, apical lobe small, rami VIII only recognizable in their distal portion but weakly sclerotized eVen there, proximal portion completely desclerotized and indiscernible; ValVulae IX (Figs. 63: Va9) completely membranous, lacking traceable sclerotized rami; distinct, sclerotized gonangulum lacking. Inner ectodermal genital tracts (Fig. 64): gynatrium similar to the condition found in A. caudatus sp. nov. but anterolateral pouches shorter; ring sclerites could not be traced in the single examined specimen; distinct fecundation sclerite lacking, base of spermathecal duct associated with a fecundation channel traceable as a membranous fold. Spermatheca highly similar to the condition found in A. caudatus sp. nov.</p><p>Measurements (in mm; N = 2 ♂♂ / 2 ♀♀). Body length 7.15–7.30 / 8.25–7.90; length of head 1.72–1.75 / 1.75–1.83, width across eyes 1.72–1.78 / 1.80–1.83, interocular distance 1.18–1.20 / 1.23–1.25; lengths of scape 0.39–0.42 / 0.42–0.44: basipedicellite 0.29–0.31 / 0.29–0.31: distipedicellite 0.20–0.27 / 0.25–0.27: basiflagellum 0.39–0.44 / 0.40–0.43: distiflagellum 0.59–0.65 / 0.56–0.60; median length of pronotum 1.84–1.86 / 2.05–2.12, humeral width 2.74–2.80 / 3.05–3.12; median length of scutellum 4.12–4.16 / 4.30–4.60, greatest width 2.74–2.76 / 3.00–3.10.</p><p>Etymology. The specific epithet naso is the ablatiVe singular of the Latin noun nasus ‘nose’, meaning ‘the one with the nose’ (i.e. “bignose”), referring to the anteriorly greatly protruding clypeus; to be treated as noun in apposition, ending not to be changed.</p><p>Distribution. Only known from the type locality in Goa State, western coastal region of India.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03818784FFC6FFF5C5D8F920FB5BFE48	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Rédei, Dávid;Tsai, Jing-Fu;Jindra, Zdeněk	Rédei, Dávid, Tsai, Jing-Fu, Jindra, Zdeněk (2018): The genus Alphocoris in the Indomalaya (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Scutelleridae). Zootaxa 4382 (2): 299-320, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4382.2.5
03818784FFCAFFF6C5D8FD90FE20FA63.text	03818784FFCAFFF6C5D8FD90FE20FA63.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Alphocoris asper Rédei & Tsai & Jindra 2018	<div><p>Alphocoris asper Rédei, Tsai &amp; Jindra, sp. nov.</p><p>Figs. 13–18, 25–27, 32–33, 41–43, 46, 49–50, 57–58</p><p>Alphocoris lixoides (non Germar, 1839): Dallas (1851: 41) and subsequent authors. Misidentification.</p><p>Alphocoris lixoides (misidentification): Dallas (1851: 41) (record), Walker (1867: 59) (record), Atkinson (1884: 166) (distribution), Atkinson (1887: 187) (redescription, distribution), Distant (1902: 67) (redescription, habitus, figures, distribution), Maxwell-Lefroy (1909: 673) (habitus).</p><p>Type material. Holotype: ♂, “ INDIA OR. \ RAMANDOROG \ KATONA 1919”; mounted on card, intact (HNHM). Paratypes: same label as in holotype (1 ♂ HNHM); “ INDIA occ., Maharashtra state \ 3–6 October 2005, Wai enV. \ 70 km S of Pune, F. Kantner lgt.” (1 ♂ 1 ♀ ZJPC).</p><p>Diagnosis. Similar to A. naso sp. nov. in size and habitus, but it can be distinguished from the latter species by the conspicuously coarse punctation of the dorsum and the concaVe lateral margins of the posterior third of scutellum (Fig. 13). The male genitalia (Figs. 29–30, 38–40, 43, 51–52) and female terminalia (Figs. 57–58) offer seVeral diagnostic characters for separation of the two species.</p><p>Description. Colour, integument and vestiture as in A. naso sp. nov. but with the following differences: punctures of dorsum conspicuously coarser and deeper; midline of dorsum lacking distinct unpunctured, smooth band; dark longitudinal bands on pronotum and scutellum formed by dark punctures obscure, rather indistinctly delimited; abdominal Venter almost continuously dark except of lateral margins and a narrow median Vitta interrupted at intersegmental sutures.</p><p>Structure. Body elongate, about 2.7 times as long as its humeral width, similar in shape to A. naso sp. nov. but less strongly constricted posteriorly. Head (Figs. 25–26) similar to that of A. naso sp. nov., about as wide as long, width across eyes about 1.55 times as long as interocular distance; distance from anterior margin of eye to leVel of apex of mandibular plate measured along longitudinal axis of body about 2.0 times as long as length of eye in dorsal View; apical, protruding portion of clypeus about half as long as distance from anterior margin of eye to leVel of apex of mandibular plate measured along longitudinal axis of body; mandibular plates with a strong longitudinal carina laterally anteriad of Ventral margin of eye, Visible in dorsal View. Labium slightly surpassing apices of hind coxae. Thorax. Pronotum about 1.5 times as broad as its median length; lateral margins Very finely granulate in their anterior halVes, slightly concaVe posteriad of leVel of calli. Scutellum about 1.5 times as long as its greatest width, posterior portion less strongly tapering than in A. naso sp. nov., with conVerging lateral margins distinctly concaVe, apex broad, transVersely truncate, distance between paired protruding terminal angles more than two times as long as width of anterior portion of clypeus, not surpassing apex of abdomen (occasionally leaVing extreme apex of abdomen exposed in dorsal View). Pregenital abdomen broader, less strongly tapering apically than in A. caudatus sp. nov., Ventrite VII of male relatiVely short and broad (Fig. 27), posterolateral angles of Ventrites III–IV each produced into a minute but distinct spine exposed laterad of scutellum in dorsal aspect.</p><p>External male genitalia. Genital capsule (Figs. 32–33, 41) with Ventral rim distinctly conVex in dorsal View (Fig. 32), posterior portion weakly produced (Fig. 33). Paramere as in Figs. 42–43. Phallus (Figs. 46, 49–50) with second pair of conjunctiVal processes (cp-II) subdiVided into 3+3 branches, dorsal branch (cp-II1) membranous, relatiVely short, Ventral branches (cp-II2, cp-II3) sclerotized, elongate, apex slightly dilated, club-like; conjunctiVal pad (Fig. 49: cpd) much broader than in A. naso sp. nov.; aedeagus moderately dilated subapically, distalmost portion elongate, relatiVely narrow, membranous.</p><p>External female genitalia. Terminalia as in Figs. 57–58. Ovipositor: dorsomesal margin of laterotergite IX obliquely truncate around postgenital abdomen; ValVulae and ValVifers of oVipositor much similar to the condition found in A. naso sp. nov.: ValVulae VII as in A. naso sp. nov.; ValVulae IX membranous, but rami IX can be traced as a Very fine, thin, weakly sclerotized and pigmented line along anterior margin of ValVulae IX; distinct, sclerotized gonangulum lacking. Inner ectodermal genital tracts: gynatrium and spermatheca highly similar to the condition found in A. naso sp. nov. therefore not illustrated.</p><p>Measurements (in mm; N = 3 ♂♂ / 1 ♀). Body length 7.00–7.74 / 7.60; length of head 1.68–1.72 / 1.69, width across eyes 1.68–1.76 / 1.70, interocular distance 1.08–1.23 / 1.16; lengths of scape 0.32–0.39 / 0.38: basipedicellite 0.27–0.34 / 0.32: distipedicellite 0.24–0.25 / 0.26: basiflagellum 0.39–0.44 / 0.42: distiflagellum 0.55–0.59 / 0.56; median length of pronotum 1.70–1.86 / 1.81, humeral width 2.60–2.84 / 2.80; median length of scutellum 3.92–4.41 / 4.13, greatest width 2.56–2.84 / 2.80.</p><p>Discussion. The species illustrated by Distant (1902: 67, fig. 30) and Maxwell-Lefroy (1909: plate LXXII: fig. 10) as A. lixoides was likely A. asper sp. nov., but its identity cannot be unambiguously elucidated; no specimens from the localities listed by Distant (1902) (Bombay, Khandala) were found in the BMNH where W.L. Distant’s collection is currently deposited.</p><p>Etymology. The specific epithet is the Latin adjectiVe asper, -a, -um (‘rough’, ‘coarse’), giVen in allusion to the coarsely punctured dorsum.</p><p>Distribution. Only known from Ramandorog [= Ramdurg], Goa State, and Wai, Maharashtra State, of western India. PreVious record of A. lixoides from Maharashtra (Bombay, Khandala) (Distant 1902) possibly at least partly pertain to this species.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03818784FFCAFFF6C5D8FD90FE20FA63	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Rédei, Dávid;Tsai, Jing-Fu;Jindra, Zdeněk	Rédei, Dávid, Tsai, Jing-Fu, Jindra, Zdeněk (2018): The genus Alphocoris in the Indomalaya (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Scutelleridae). Zootaxa 4382 (2): 299-320, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4382.2.5
03818784FFC9FFF0C5D8F98BFCE9FA70.text	03818784FFC9FFF0C5D8F98BFCE9FA70.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Alphocoris lixoides Germar 1839	<div><p>Alphocoris lixoides Germar, 1839</p><p>Figs. 65–72</p><p>Alphocoris lixoides Germar, 1839: 59 . Syntypes: Senegallia [= Senegal]; ZMHB!</p><p>Alphocoris lixoides: Amyot &amp; Serville (1843: 44) (diagnosis, distribution), Dohrn (1859: 4) (catalogue, distribution), Stål (1873: 26) (in key, diagnostic characters, distribution), Lethierry &amp; Severin (1893: 40) (catalogue, distribution), Schouteden (1903: 81) (in key, redescription, distribution), Schouteden (1904: 83) (catalogue, distribution), Schouteden (1905: 6) (record), Kirkaldy (1909: 269) (catalogue, distribution), Villiers (1952: 59) (diagnosis, distribution), Schouteden (1963: 397) (listed), Gillon (1972: 286, 296, 304) (in key, redescription and figures of adult and larva), Gillon (1974: 218) (ecology), Linnavuori (1982: 15) (records, distribution, bionomics), Czaja (2007: 308) (figure, wing venation), Czaja (2013b: 102) (figure, fore wing), Czaja (2016a: 366) (listed, habitus).</p><p>Alphocoris lixoidea [inadvertent error]: Herrich-Schäffer (1853: 8) (listed, distribution).</p><p>Type material examined. Syntype #1: ♂, ‘Senegal \ Buq’ [blue, hw], ‘Cat. N o \ 121’ [hw], ‘Alphocoris \ lixoides Germ’ [hw], ‘Alphocoris \ lixoides \ Germ.*’ [hw], ‘Type’ [red]; pinned, tarsus of left hind leg lacking (ZMHB) (Figs. 65–68). Syntype #2: ♀, ‘Seneg. Dup.’ [green, hw], ‘121’, ‘Zoolog. Museum \ Berlin’, ‘Alphocoris [hw] \ lixoides [hw] \ * Germ. [hw] \ F. Schumacher det. [pr] reV. [hw]’ [‘det.’ crossed out by hw], ‘Alphocoris \ lixoides Germ. \ C.H.C. Lyal 1973 \ LECTOTYPE’ [red, hw], ‘ Typus ’ [red]; pinned, tarsus of left fore leg lacking (ZMHB) (Figs. 69–72).</p><p>Remarks. Alphocoris lixoides is the type species of the genus Alphocoris. It was described based on an unspecified number of but more than one specimen from “Senegallia” [= Senegal] (Germar 1839), and subsequently recorded from India (Dallas 1851, Walker 1867, Atkinson 1884, Atkinson 1887, Distant 1902, Maxwell-Lefroy 1909, ParVeen et al. 2014) and Pakistan (Ahmad &amp; Mushtaq 1977, Ahmad et al. 1979, Ahmad 1980, Ahmad &amp; Moizuddin 1980, Afzal et al. 1982) by a number of authors.</p><p>Two specimens, a male and a female, both in excellent condition, potentially representing syntypes of A. lixoides were found in ZMHB (Figs. 65–72). The female (Figs. 69–71) is more similar to the illustration proVided by Germar (1839: plate I fig. III), but there is no ground to exclude the male from the syntype series either. The female bears a handwritten lectotype label of C.H.C. Lyal, but the lectotype designation has apparently neVer been published. None of the Alphocoris species occurring in Southern Asia examined by us is conspecific with the two syntypes, therefore we consider all earlier records of A. lixoides from India and Pakistan as misidentifications. We mention that based on these two syntypes the Afrotropical A. lobulatus Stål, 1873, appears to be conspecific with A. lixoides, but as a reVision of the Afrotropical fauna of Alphocoris is beyond the scope of the present paper, no further analysis of the problem is offered here, and also a lectotype designation for A. lixoides is left for a future reViser.</p><p>Distribution. SENEGAL (Germar 1839).— IVORY COAST. Lamto (Schouteden 1963, Gillon 1972, 1974), Odienne–Madinani (LinnaVuori 1982).— NIGERIA (Czaja 2016a).— ERITREA. Halibaret [= Elabered] (Schouteden 1905).—“Tagana” [unlocated] (Schouteden 1903)</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03818784FFC9FFF0C5D8F98BFCE9FA70	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Rédei, Dávid;Tsai, Jing-Fu;Jindra, Zdeněk	Rédei, Dávid, Tsai, Jing-Fu, Jindra, Zdeněk (2018): The genus Alphocoris in the Indomalaya (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Scutelleridae). Zootaxa 4382 (2): 299-320, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4382.2.5
