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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2018 , Volume 6, Issue 2
Page No. : 1059-1075
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.6323
Redescription of four species of Acanthaspis Amyot and Serville, 1843 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Reduviinae)
Jesu Rajan, S.1* and Dunston P. Ambrose2
1Bio-control Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Health Management, Hyderabad, India
2Entomology Research Unit, St. Xavier‟s College (Autonomous), Palayamkottai, Tamil Nadu, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: sjrajan83@gmail.com
Received: 10.03.2018 | Revised: 16.04.2018 | Accepted: 22.04.2018
ABSTRACT
This paper presents the redescription of four species of Reduviinae belonging to the genus Acanthaspis viz., A. biguttula Stål, A. bistillata Stål, A. inscripta Distant and A. pedestris Stål. These redescriptions are accompanied by micrometric analysis, camera lucida diagrams and colour microphotographs depicting essential morphological characters and additional distributional records.
Key words: Assassin bug, Alpha taxonomy, Indian fauna, Distributional records
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Cite this article:
Rajan, J.S. and Ambrose, D.P., Redescription of four species of Acanthaspis Amyot and Serville, 1843 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Reduviinae), Int. J. Pure App. Biosci. 6(2): 1059-1075 (2018). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.6323
