Menida formosa (Westwood 1837)

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 : 274-275

Menida formosa (Westwood 1837) ( Fig. 1e )

Material examined: India: Jharkhand, Saraikela Kharsawan, Dalma WLS, Makulakocha village , 22.9119˚N, 86.1491˚ E, 10.07.2021, 1 ♀, Chitra. J and Party .

Distribution in India: Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Sikkim,Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal ( Atkinson 1887, Chatterjee 1934, Distant 1902, Salini 2006, Salini and Viraktamath 2015, Usman and Puttarudriah,1955), Jharkhand (New record).

Distribution outside India: China, Malayan Peninsula, Myanmar, Taiwan ( Distant 1902, Rider 2006).

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

Figures

Fig. 1. Sampling sites within Dalma WLS belonging to Saraikela Kharsawan and East Singbhum district of Jharkhand (Bottom)