First record of the thread-legged assassin bug Myiophanes greeni Distant, 1903 (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) from India

Abstract. BACKGROUND: While surveying bugs and spiders in the caves of Satara District, Maharashtra, one of us (SK) collected a thread-legged bug associated with a spider web. NEW INFORMATION: A Sri Lankan Emesinae bug, Myiophanes greeni Distant (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) is reported for th...

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Autores principales: Kulkarni, Siddharth, Ghate, Hemant
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2016
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Taxonomic Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4822078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27099559
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e7949
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Sumario:Abstract. BACKGROUND: While surveying bugs and spiders in the caves of Satara District, Maharashtra, one of us (SK) collected a thread-legged bug associated with a spider web. NEW INFORMATION: A Sri Lankan Emesinae bug, Myiophanes greeni Distant (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) is reported for the first time from India. The species is redescribed with several illustrations including male genitalia.

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