Carbula scutellata Distant, 1887

Kaur, R., Singh, D. & Kaur, H., 2013, Taxonomic significance of external genitalia in differentiating four species of genus Carbula Stål (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) from North India, Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 1 (3), No. 3, pp. 33-42 : 34

2.2 Carbula scutellata Distant

Carbula scutellata: Distant (1887) [ 3] Tr. E. S., p. 347.

2.2.1 Body length: J- 7.5 mm, ♀ - 8 mm (Fig. 1 A)

2.2. 2 Male Genitalia: Pygophore (Fig. 1 B) distinctly longer, uniformly broad throughout its length, lateral margins slightly sinuate; dorsolateral lobes angulated at apex; dorsomedian surface almost straight; dorsal opening small and inverted V-shaped; ventroposterior margin with a small median concavity, laterally slightly sinuate; paramere (Fig. 1 C) bilobed, inner lobe small, narrowed at base, broadly sinuate at apex with outer margin concave; outer lobe of paramere broad, acute at apex, its outer margin convex, inner margin slightly convex, and obtuse at apex; aedeagus (Fig. 1 D) with sclerotized broad theca; bilobed, bag like dorsolateral membranous conjunctival appendages, fused basally; a pair of small sclerotized medial penial lobes, placed moderately apart distally that are not fused basally; vesica very short, enclosed in theca; ejaculatory reservoir elongate.

2.3 Female Genitalia: 1 st gonocoxae triangular, medially wide apart with posterior margins sinuately convex and acute apices; 2 nd gonocoxae fused medially, with posterior margin sinuately convex; 8 th paratergites moderately broad, triangular with posterior margins convex; 9 th paratergites elongated, lobulate, outer margins concave, passing beyond fused posterior margins of 8 th paratergites (Fig. 1 E); spermatheca (Fig. 1 F) with distinct proximal and distal flanges; pump region moderately long, sclerotized, tube like and shorter than distal spermathecal duct; bulb rounded; medial dilation broad, somewhat pumpkin shaped with small proximal dilation, directed posteriad; proximal spermathecal duct distinctly longer than distal.

2.4 Material Examined:

2.4.1 Himachal Pradesh: Paonta Sahib , 3-26. x. 2009 - 9♀♀, 11JJ

2.4.2 Distribution: Myanmar; Pakistan; India (Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya).

2.4.3 Remarks: The species closely resembles Carbula socia in having humeral angles of pronotum prominent, with long acute or subacute spines; scutellum yellowish-green, slightly punctured with black, basal angles with yellowish-green spots and apex impunctate; head somewhat subtriangular; pygophore longer than broad; theca vase like and paramere with lateral process narrow at base, broad and bifurcated at apex. However, it can be easily separated from the same in having humeral angles of pronotum with long acute spines; 9 th paratergites elongate, distinctly passing beyond 8 th paratergites and inner margin of blade of paramere slightly convex and obtuse at apex.