Macrocheraia
Macrocheraia grandis | |
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Male | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Family: | Largidae |
Genus: | Macrocheraia Guérin-Ménéville |
Species: | M. grandis |
Binomial name | |
Macrocheraia grandis (Gray, 1832) | |
Synonyms | |
Lohita 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]
References
- ↑ Amyot, CJB & A Serville (1843). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Hemipteres. Libraire Encyclopedique de Roret, Paris. p. 266.
- ↑ Stehlik, J.; I. M. Kerzhner (1999). "On taxonomy and distribution of some Palaearctic and Oriental Largidae and Pyrrhocoridae (Heteroptera)". Zoosystematica Rossica. 8: 121–128.
- ↑ Distant, WL (1904). Fauna of British India. Rhynchota. 2. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 94–95.
- ↑ 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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