Published March 10, 2016 | Version v1
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First record of the thread-legged assassin bug Myiophanes greeni Distant, 1903 (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) from India

  • 1. Hemi Terrace Bldg, Near Ellora Palace, Balajinagar, Pune, India
  • 2. Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Shivajinagar, Pune, India

Description

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.

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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