NEW RECORDS OF PENTATOMOIDEA (HEMIPTERA) FROM SRI LANKA 1 2 A. D. Pawar 3 This paper presents the results of studies on the unidentified collection of Pentatomoidea from Sri Lanka (Ceylon) in the National Pusa Collection, Division of Entomology, Indian Agricul-tural Research Institute, New Delhi. The following thirty-three species are listed here as new records of Pentatomoidea for the first time from Sri Lanka. Family 1 PLATASPIDAE Genus Coptosoma Laporte, 1832 1. Coptosoma cribrarium (Fabricius, 1798) Cimex cribrarium Fabricius, 1798, Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 531 Specimen examined: 1 female, Ceylon, S. P. Hambantota, Feb. 7, 1909, T. B. F. Coll. Distribution: China, Burma, Formosa, India, Sri Lanka. 2. Coptosoma fletcheri Distant, 1918 Coptosoma fletcheri Distant, 1918, Fauna British India Rhynch. 7:114-115. Specimen examined: 1 male, Ceylon, S. P. Hambantota, Feb. 7, 1909, T. B. F. Coll. Distribution: Burma, Sri Lanka. 3. Coptosoma integrum Walker, 1867 Coptosoma integrum Walker, 1867, Cat. Het. 1:88 Specimen examined: 1 male, Ceylon, S. P. Hambantota, Feb. 7, 1909, T. B. F. Coll. Distribution: India, Sri Lanka. 4. Coptosoma nazirae Atkinson, 1889 Coptosoma nazirae Atkinson, 1889, Jour. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 57:343 Specimen examined: 1 female, Ceylon, June 3, 1908, T. B. F. Coll. Distribution: India, Sikkim, Sri Lanka. 'Contribution No. 3. 2 Accepted for publication: October 5, 1972. 3 Research Scholar, Division of Entomology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. Present address: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Entomology, The Inter-national Rice Research Institute, P.O. Box 583, Manila, Philippines. Ent. News 84:211-216, 1973 211
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