Agonoscelis nubilis (Fabricius 1775)

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

Agonoscelis nubilis (Fabricius 1775) ( Fig. 1a )

Material examined: India: Jharkhand, Saraikela Kharsawan, Dalma WLS, Rugri village , 22.856˚N, 86.1621˚ E, 10.07.2021, 1 ♂, Chitra. J and Party .

Distribution in India: Bihar, Jammu & Kahsmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Orissa, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal ( Atkinson 1888, Azim 2011, Chakraborty et al., 1994, Chatterjee 1934, Distant 1902, Fletcher 1920, Salini and Viraktamath 2015), Jharkhand (New record).

Distribution outside India: China, Japan Malayan Peninsula, Myanmar,Pakistan, Sri Lanka ( Distant 1902).

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)