Macrocheraia

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Macrocheraia grandis
Lohita grandis.jpg
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hemiptera
Family:
Largidae
Subfamily:
Physopeltinae
Genus:
Macrocheraia

Guérin-Ménéville
Species:
M. grandis
Binomial name
Macrocheraia grandis
(Gray, 1832)
Synonyms

Lohita grandis
Macroceraea grandis
Macrocerea grandis
Macroceroea grandis

Macrocheraia is a genus of bugs in the family Largidae with a single species, Macrocheraia grandis found mainly in Southeast Asia but extending into parts of South Asia. This was referred to in some older literature under the genus Lohita, a name derived from the Sanskrit word for red. [1] [2]

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The abdomen of the female is short

The abdomen of the male is long and extends well beyond the wingtip. The species feeds on a range of plants including those of the families Euphorbiaceae and Malvaceae. [3] [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Amyot, CJB & A Serville (1843). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Hemipteres. Libraire Encyclopedique de Roret, Paris. p. 266.
  2. ↑ Stehlik, J.; I. M. Kerzhner (1999). "On taxonomy and distribution of some Palaearctic and Oriental Largidae and Pyrrhocoridae (Heteroptera)". Zoosystematica Rossica. 8: 121–128.
  3. ↑ Distant, WL (1904). Fauna of British India. Rhynchota. 2. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 94–95.
  4. ↑ Dhiman, S. C.; Chatterjee, V. C. (1980). "Sexual dimorphism in Lohita grandis Gray (Heteroptera-Pyrrhocoridae)". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 77 (3): 529.


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