Carbula socia (Walker)

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 : 37-38

2.5 Carbula socia (Walker)

Mormidea socia, Walker (1867) [ 4] Cat. Het., 2: p. 262.

Carbula socia: Distant (1902) [ 5] Faun. Brit. Ind. Rh., 1: p. 172.

2.5.1 Body length: J- 7.75 mm, ♀ - 8.25 mm (Fig. 2 A)

2.5. 2 Male Genitalia: Pygophore (Fig. 2 B) distinctly longer than broad, lateral margins slightly sinuate; dorsolateral lobes angulated at apex; dorsomedian surface almost straight; dorsal opening small, inverted V- shaped; ventroposterior margin with a small median concavity, laterally slightly sinuate; paramere (Fig. 2 C) bilobed, inner lobe small, narrowed at base, broad and sinuate apically, outer margin concave; outer lobe of paramere broad, acute at apex, its outer margin convex and inner margin strongly convex and subacute at apex; aedeagus (Fig. 2 D) with sclerotized, somewhat inverted Vase-shaped theca; bilobed and rounded bag like dorsolateral membranous conjunctival appendages that are fused basally and free apically; a pair of moderately long leaf like sclerotized medial penial lobes, fused basally; vesica very thin and short, not reaching margins of dorsal membranous appendages.

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

2.7 Material Examined:

2.7.1 Himachal Pradesh: Paonta Sahib, 3-25. x. 2009 - 3♀♀, 3JJ

2.7.2 Uttarakhand: Dehradun , 25. vii. 2009 - 1♀, 2JJ ; 25. vi. 2010 - 2♀♀, 1J

2.7.3 Distribution: Sri Lanka; Pakistan; India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra).

2.7.4 Remarks: The species closely resembles Carbula scutellata and can be easily separated from the same as given in the key. It has been reported for the first time from North India.