Coquerelia ventralis Horváth, 1904

Nicolas, Vincent, Carapezza, Attilio, Rider, David A. & Kment, Petr, 2024, New records, diagnostics and preliminary checklist of the superfamily Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the Comoro Islands, Zootaxa 5481 (1), pp. 1-29 : 11

Coquerelia ventralis Horváth, 1904

( Fig. 19 )

Material examined. MAYOTTE: Pied du Mlima Choungui, 18.ii.2017, photo, B. Duperron lgt., A. Rouillé det.; Pied du Mlima Choungui, 9.xii.2017, 1 spec., A. Rouillé lgt. & det.; Mlima Bénara, 17.ix.2019, photo, V. Nicolas lgt. & det. ( VNBF) .

Biology. Adults and larvae are frequently found on Ixora cremixora ( Rubiaceae ) in Mazotte, mostly in hygrophilous forests (V. Nicolas, pers. observ.).

Distribution. Comoros: Mayotte (new record); Madagascar ( Horváth 1904, Cachan 1952).

Figures

FIGURES 19–23. Habitus of Comoro Pentatomidae: 19—Coquerelia ventralis Horváth, 1904; 20—Eurysaspis transversalis Signoret, 1851; 21—Aesula viridissima (Signoret, 1861); 22—Neoacrosternum validum (Horváth, 1904), inset—detail of antennae; 23—Anoano pronotalis Cachan, 1952. Photos: V. Nicolas.