Macroscytus badius (WALKER)

Macroscytus badius (WALKER)

(Figs 66­72)

Cydnus brunneus , not of FABRICIUS: SCHIØDTE 1848: 453 [part].

Aethus badius WALKER, 1867: 159 .

Macroscytus badius : DISTANT 1899: 222, 1902: 95, 1918: 118; MOIZUDDIN & AHAMD 1990: 325 [part]; LIS 1991a: 184, 1994a: 236.

Macroscytus brunneus , not of FABRICIUS: SIGNORET 1883a: 477 [part]; ATKINSON 1887: 54; LETHIERRY & SEVERIN 1893: 70 [part]; DISTANT 1902: 95; OSHANIN 1906: 12 [part], 1912: 2 [part]; BREDDIN 1909: 263; KIRKALDY 1910: 112; CHANDRA 1953: 87; STICHEL 1962: 775 [part]; SIENKIEWICZ 1964: 137 [part]; MOIZUDDIN & AHMAD 1990: 325 [part].

Macroscytus expansus SIGNORET, 1883a: 479 ; ATKINSON 1887: 55; LETHIERRY & SEVERIN 1893: 70; DISTANT 1902: 97, 1918: 118; KUMAR 1962: 45, 50, 53, 54, 56; MOIZUDDIN & AHMAD 1990: 325 (syn. by LIS 1994a: 236).

Macroscytus subaeneus , not of DALLAS: DISTANT 1901: 101 [part]; MAXWELL­LEFROY 1909: 306; PAIVA 1918: 3, 1919: 351; HSIAO et al. 1977: 46 [part]; AHMAD et al. 1979: 15 & 18.

DESCRIPTION

Body 5.70­7.83 mm in length, 3.15­4.44 mm in width, from pale brown to black­brown, corium paler; sometimes apical parts of umbones and posterior margin of pronotum slightly lighter than remaining surface of pronotal disc.

Head dorsally impunctate, except for setigerous punctures and several almost indistinct tiny punctures on paraclypei; clypeus without subapical setigerous punctures, each paraclypeus with a row of 4­8 submarginal hair­like setae (Fig. 67); ocular index 2.10­2.80; interocellar index 9.0­15.0; length of antennal segments (in mm): 0.24­0.35: 0.32­0.50: 0.27­0.42: 0.36­0.53: 0.43­0.54.

Pronotum weakly or moderately punctate, calli and posterior fifth of disc impunctate, transverse discal impression behind calli absent or shallow; lateral margins with 9­13 submarginal setigerous punctures (Fig. 66). Anterior convexity of propleuron apically sparsely punctate; depression and posterior convexity densely punctate.

Puncturation of scutellum denser than that of pronotal disc, punctures slightly larger than those on the latter.

Corium distinctly punctate; clavus with one complete and one or two partial rows of punctures; mesocorial disc and exocorium almost evenly punctate; costa entirely separated from exocorium, bearing 4­7 setigerous punctures (Fig. 66).

Hind femora with large subapical tooth on dorsal margin (Fig. 68); male hind tibiae carinate, without denticles (Fig. 68).

Abdominal sterna slightly transversely wrinkled, impunctate or with small punctures posterior to spiracles.

Male genitalia as in Figs 69­72.

TYPE DATA

Lectotype male (designated by LIS, 1991a: 184) of Aethus badius WALKER : India ( BMNH) .

Syntype (s) of Macroscytus expansus SIGNORET : India, Bombay ( BMNH, lost) .

MATERIAL EXAMINED

Lectotype of Aethus badius , and 131 other specimens: Burma: Palon , Pegu, 1 ex. ( MCSN) ; Schwego­Myo , 1 ex. ( MCSN) . India: Bengale , 2 exx. ( MNHN) ; Inde, Arrah , 1 ex. ( MNHN) ; Madras Airport , 11 exx. ( NNML) ; Karumbagaram, Karikal Terr ., 3 exx. ( UO) ; Karikal , 4 exx. ( NNML) ; Pondichery , 1 ex. ( UO) ; Cote de Malabar, Mahe , 3 exx. ( MNHN) ; Maissour, Silvapoora , 1 ex. ( MNHN) ; Malabar, Walayar Forests , 1 ex. ( IRSNB) ; Ajmer­Rajpudana , 1 ex. ( IRSNB) ; Barway , 1 ex. ( IRSNB) ; Madras State, Coimbatore , 15 exx. ( ZMA, UO, NSMT, NNML) ; Delhi , 2 exx. ( ZIP) ; Orissa, Konarak , 2 exx. ( HNHM) ; Mettupalayam, Tamil Nadu , 2 exx. ( HNHM) ; Orissa, Bhubaneswar town, 4 exx. ( HNHM, UO) ; Chipurupalle, Vizagapatan Distr ., 1 ex. ( BMNH) ; Bhimavaram, Kistna Distr ., 1 ex. ( UO) ; Serampur , 1 ex. ( UO) ; Bombay , 1 ex. ( BMNH) ; Pilant, Rajasthan , 1 ex. ( BMNH) ; Chikkaballappura , 1 ex. ( BMNH) ; Mysore , 1 ex. ( BMNH) ; Bandra , 1 ex. ( BMNH) ; Annandale, Madras , 1 ex. ( BMNH) ; Kolimpong , 1 ex. ( ZIP) ; Kerala State, Trivandrum Distr., Poonmundi Range , 1 ex. ( UO) ; Anamalai Hills, Cinchona , 1 ex. ( NNML) ; Santiniketan, Birbhum, Bengal , 3 exx. ( BMH) ; Meghalaya state, West Garo Hills, Bagmara , 2 exx. ( NHMW) ; Dehra Dun, Kumaon Himalaya , 1 ex. ( ZSMC) . Maldive Islands: Gan Addu Atoll, 11 exx. ( BMNH, UO) ; Villingilli, 16 exx. ( TLM, UO) . Nepal: Hetaura , 1 ex. ( HNHM) . Sri Lanka: Ceylon, Diyatalawa , 1 ex. ( BMNH) ; Ceylon, Hambantota , 2 exx. ( BMNH, UO) ; Ceylon, Yala , 1 ex. ( BMNH) ; Elephant Pass N.P. , 1 ex. ( BMNH) ; Bopikiya , 1 ex. ( BMNH) ; Arugam Bay , 1 ex. ( SMNS) ; Uppuvell , 1 ex. ( SMNS) ; Kandy , 1 ex. ( ZIP) ; National Park Wilpattu, Talawila , 8 exx. ( ZIP, UO) ; National Park Yala, Mahasilawa , 5 exx. (ZlP, UO) ; 9 km ESE Maradankadawalkka, 6 exx. (ZlP, UO) ; Colombo , 1 ex. ( ZIP) .

DISTRIBUTON

Burma, India, Maldive Islands, Nepal (first record), Sri Lanka.

The occurrence of this species in China ( WU, 1935) still remains unconfirmed and seems rather doubtful ( LIS 1994a). The records from Japan pertain to Aethus pseudindicus (see LIS 1994a).