Occurrence ofProdromus clypeatusDistant (Heteroptera miridae) on banana(Musa sp)in India: A new record

Review of the plant bug tribe Eccritotarsini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) of India and Sri Lanka with description of two new genera and six new species

“…Two widely distributed Oriental species of the genus, Podromus clypeatus Distant, 1904 andP. oculatus (Poppius, 1912), are known to feed on young leaves of banana (Musa sapientum L., Musa sp., Musaceae) (Odhiambo 1962;Stonedahl 1988;Anitha & Rajamony 1991;Yasunaga & Ishikawa 2016). Two African species known from Ghana were collected on Marantaceae, viz.…”

“…Prodromus is widely distributed in the Old World tropics and after the revision of Stonedahl (1988) includes 26 species. Of these, P. clypeatus and P. subflavus are known from Sri Lanka and the former species was also recorded from South India (Anitha & Rajamony 1991). The elongate body form, coloration, and vertical head with pedunculate eyes allow for easy discrimination of this genus from other Oriental eccritotarsines.…”

“…Widely distributed in India and now documented from Kerala (Anitha & Rajamony 1991), Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Megahalaya states. Also known from Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, southern China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Java, and Ambon (Stonedahl 1988).…”