Published June 26, 2022
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Redescription of a rare assassin bug Lophocephala guerini Laporte (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) from Pakistan
- 1. Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, China; Entomology Section, Central Cotton Research Institute, Old Shujabad Road, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
- 2. Department of Entomology, University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- 3. Entomology Section, Central Cotton Research Institute, Old Shujabad Road, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
- 4. Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, China
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The harpactorinae assassin bug Lophocephala guerini Laporte, 1833 recorded from Pakistan is redescribed in detail for the first time. In the present paper, the dorsal habitus and unique diagnostic morphological characters of this rarely reported species are illustrated along with details of morphometric, which will help future workers to further explore about this special assassin bug.
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