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Issue: Vol. 4127 No. 2: 23 Jun. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-06-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4127.2.8
Page range: 365–375
Abstract views: 155
PDF downloaded: 60

A new cavernicolous assassin bug of the genus Bagauda Bergroth (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) from the Western Ghats, India

Hemi Terrace Bldg., Behind Ellora Palace, Balajinagar, Pune-411043, India.
PG Research Centre, Department of Zoology, Modern College of Arts Science and Commerce, Shivajinagar, Pune 411005, India.
Hemiptera Heteroptera Emesinae new taxon Bagauda Uloboridae spider

Abstract

A new cavernicolous, thread-legged assassin bug, Bagauda ernstmayri sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae), collected from a cave near Satara, in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India, is described. Its interaction with the web of an uloborid spider Zosis geniculata (Olivier, 1789) (Araneae: Uloboridae) is discussed.

 

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