Scotomedes alienus subsp. sikkimensis van Doesburg 2004
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Scotomedes alienus sikkimensis van Doesburg, 2004
Material examined. NEPAL (Fig. 1): Kosi, Num, 27°33′N 87°17′E, 1550 m a.s.l., 8/ 11.vi.2001, 1 ♀ (NHMB), det. D. Wyniger 2007; Kosi, Num Khola, 27°33′N 87°18′E, 900-1000 m a.s.l., 8/ 10.vi.2001, 1 J (Fig. 2), 1 ♀ (NHMB), det. D. Wyniger 2007; Kosi, Chichila s/ Ahale, 2200 m a.s.l., 24.iv.1984, 1 ♀ (MHNG), lgt. I. Löbl & A. Smetana, det. P. Kment 2007.
Three of the specimens were collected during the expedition of the Natural History Museum in Basel (NHMB) to eastern Nepal in 2001, and one was collected earlier in the same area by I. Löbl and A. Smetana; the latter specimen is deposited in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Genève (MHNG).
Scotomedes alienus sikkimensis is now known from north-east India (Sikkim; West Bengal: Darjiling, Kalimpang), Bhutan (VAN DOESBURG 2004), and from central and eastern Nepal (KMENT & ŠRÁMEK 2005, this paper) (Fig. 1).
The NHMB material was collected in an open secondary forest at a river bank. The specimens were taken with a sweep net from low herbaceous vegetation. The material discussed here therefore agrees with the current evidence that the Velocipedidae are forest floor dwellers found in forests at high altitudes (COBBEN 1978, VAN DOESBURG 2004).
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- MHNG , NHMB
- Event date
- 1984-04-24 , 2001-06-10 , 2001-06-11
- Family
- Velocipedidae
- Genus
- Scotomedes
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- van Doesburg
- Species
- sikkimensis
- Taxon rank
- subSpecies
- Verbatim event date
- 1984-04-24 , 2001-06-10 , 2001-06-11
- Taxonomic concept label
- Scotomedes alienus subsp. sikkimensis Doesburg, 2004 sec. Wyniger, 2008
References
- DOESBURG P. H. VAN 2004: A taxonomic revision of the family Velocipedidae Bergroth, 1891 (Insecta: Heteroptera). Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 347: 5 - 100.
- KMENT P. & SRAMEK P. 2005: First record of the family Velocipedidae (Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha) from Nepal. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 45: 17 - 18.
- COBBEN R. H. 1978: Evolutionary trends in Heteroptera. Part II. Mouthpart-structures and feeding strategies. Mededelingen Landbouwhogeschool (Wageningen) 78: 1 - 407.