Acesines sordida (Kirby, 1891) Salini, Gracy, Akoijam, Rabbani, David & Roca-Cusachs, 2023
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Salini, Santhamma, Gracy, R. G., Akoijam, Romila, Rabbani, Mehaboob K., David, K. Jacob, Roca-Cusachs, Marcos (2023): Revision of Acesines Stal and Dunnius Distant, resurrection of Mycterizon Breddin (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Pentatomidae, Pentatominae), and description of a new species from India. ZooKeys 1148: 79-117, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1148.95629, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1148.95629
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hemiptera
- family
- Pentatomidae
- genus
- Acesines
- species
- Acesines sordida
Acesines sordida (Kirby 1891) Salini & Gracy & Akoijam & Rabbani & David & Roca-Cusachs 2023
Acesines sordida (Kirby, 1891) comb. nov.
Raphigaster sordida Kirby (1891): 86-87 (original description). Syntypes: Ceylon (at present Sri Lanka), Pundaloya, deposited at NHM, UK.
Araducta sordida: Distant (1900a): 427 (distribution).
Dunnius sordidus: Distant (1902): 232 (redescription, distribution); Bergroth (1908): 173 (catalogue); Kirkaldy (1909): 137 (catalogue); Chatterjee (1934): 22 (record, host); Chandra (1953): 92 (distribution).
Note.
This species was recorded from Aiyur (Tamil Nadu) by Chatterjee (1934) from Sandalwood (Santalum album L., Santalaceae) and was its first record outside the type locality though this record needs further verification. Since then, no record of this species has been reported in the country. There are only two female syntypes available for this species, deposited at NHM, UK (Figs 30 - 35). Based on the type images (the photographs were provided by courtesy of M Webb), it is evident that the hollowed out or grooved (or notched) posterior apex of metasternal carina (Fig. 35) (see differential diagnosis under Acesines and Dunnius) necessitates the transfer of this species from Dunnius to Acesines. Therefore, Acesines sordida comb. nov. is proposed in this paper.