O. Merkl szerk.: Folia Entomologica Hungarica 66. (Budapest, 2005)
Cydnidae (Heteroptera) from the Oriental Region and New Guinea L. HUFNAGEL 1 & D. RÉDEI 2 * 'Department of Mathematics and Informatics, Corvinus University of Budapest H-l 118 Budapest, Villányi út 29-33, Hungary. E-mail: levente.hufnagel@uni-corvinus.hu 2 Department of Entomology, Corvinus University of Budapest H-l 118 Budapest, Ménesi út 44, Hungary. E-mail: dredei@freemail.hu Abstract - Faunistical data of 29 species of Cydnidae are presented. Chilocoris montanus LIS, 1994 is new to the fauna of India, Fromundus pseudopacus Lis, 1994 to Thailand and Laos, Chilocoris assmuthi BREDDIN, 1904, Parachilocoris semialbidus (WALKER, 1867), Macroscytus tenasserimus LIS, 1991 and Pseudoscoparipes nilgiricus LIS, 1990 to Laos, Aethoscytus haloni (Lis, 1994), Aethus indicus (WESTWOOD, 1837) and Fromundus impunctatus Lis, .1994 to Vietnam, Aethus pseudindicus LIS, 1993 and Lactistes mediator (BREDDIN, 1909) to Nepal, Macroscytus aequalis (WALKER, 1867) to Pakistan and New Guinea. With 4 figures. Key words - Cydnidae, India, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Nepal, Pakistan, Oriental region, New Guinea, faunistics. INTRODUCTION Although a recent revision (Lis 1994) and a catalogue (Lis 1999) are available, our knowledge on the Cydnidae fauna of the Oriental Region is still far from satisfactory. The distribution of numerous species is imperfectly known and any new information is worth publishing. The autors had the opportunity of examining some unidentified cydnid materials deposited in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. The majority of the specimens was collected in the Oriental Region; however, and some additional material from New Guinea - usually considered to belong to the Australian Region - has also been identified. In this paper, the faunistic data of the examined specimens are presented. * Corresponding author.
