Biology:Macrocheraia

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Short description: Genus of true bugs


Macrocheraia grandis
Lohita grandis.jpg
Male
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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]

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]

References

  1. Amyot, CJB; A Serville (1843). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Hemipteres.. Libraire Encyclopedique de Roret, Paris. p. 266. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8577246. 
  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. 2. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 94–95. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12704042. 
  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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q6725191 entry