Hotea curculionoides (Herr-Sch1835)

Dash, Swetapadma, Pal, Amartya & Saha, P. C., 2025, Assessment of Pentatomoidea in Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary, Jharkhand, India: Faunal Composition, Abundance and Distribution, Indian Journal of Ecology 52, No. 2, pp. 273-282 : 278-280

Hotea curculionoides (Herr-Sch1835) ( Fig. 2j )

Material examined: India: Jharkhand, Saraikela Kharsawan, Dalma WLS, Makulakocha Guest House , 22.547˚N, 86.082˚ E, 08.07.2021, 1 ♀, Chitra.J and Party .

Table 1. Relative abundance of Pentatomoidea fauna from Dalma WLS Family Species Site A Site B Site C Site D Total RA n i RA n i RA n i RA n i RA Pentatomidae Agonoscelis nubilis (Fabricius 1775) 0 0 1 14.28 0 0 0 0 1 3.22 Plautia crossota (Dallas 1851) 0 0 1 14.28 0 0 0 0 1 3.22 Aeliomorpha lineaticollis (Westwood 1837) 0 0 0 0 1 16.66 0 0 1 3.22 Carbula insocia Walker 1868 0 0 0 0 1 16.66 0 0 1 3.22 Menida formosa (Westwood 1837) 0 0 0 0 1 16.66 0 0 1 3.22 Eysarcoris aenescens (Walker 1867) 0 0 1 14.28 0 0 0 0 1 3.22 Eysarcoris guttiger (Thunberg 1783) 0 0 1 14.28 0 0 0 0 1 3.22 Eysarcoris montivagus Distant 1902 0 0 1 14.28 0 0 0 0 1 3.22 Eysarcoris rosaceus Distant (1901) 0 0 2 28.57 0 0 0 0 2 6.45 Eysarcoris ventralis (Walker 1837) 0 0 0 0 3 50 1 50 4 12.90 Halys serrigera Westwood 1837 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50 1 3.22 Erthesina fullo (Thunberg 1783) 1 6.25 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.22 Acrosternum graminea (Fabricius 1787) 2 12.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6.45 Nezara viridula (Linnaeus 1758) 2 12.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6.45 Piezodorus hybneri Gmelin 1790 2 12.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6.45 Bagrada hilaris Burmeister 1835 2 12.5 0 0 0 0 0 2 6.45 Andrallus spinidens (Fabricius 1787) 1 6.25 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.22 Eocanthecona furcellata (Wolff 1811) 1 6.25 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.22 Zicrona caerulea (Linnaeus 1758) 1 6.25 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.22 Cydnidae Aethus indicus (Westwood 1837) 1 6.25 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.22 Scutelleridae Chrysocoris stollii (Wolff1801) 2 12.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6.45 Hotea curculionoides (Herr-Sch1835) 1 6.25 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.22 Total 16 100 07 100 06 100 02 100 31 100

Distribution in India: Bihar, Delhi, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal ( Dhali 2021), Jharkhand (New record).

Distribution outside India: China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam ( Dhali 2021).

Remarks: This species has been recorded for the first time from Jharkhand.

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Fig. 2. Vegetation type at different sampling sites

Table 1. Relative abundance of Pentatomoidea fauna from Dalma WLS