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Issue: Vol. 4524 No. 2: 21 Nov. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-11-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4524.2.7
Page range: 237–244
Abstract views: 103
PDF downloaded: 4

Giant assassin in the cave: a new species of the genus Myiophanes from Sri Lanka (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae)

PG Research Centre, Department of Zoology, Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Shivajinagar, Pune 411005, India 2Hemi Terrace Bldg., Behind Ellora Palace, Balajinagar, Pune 411043, India
Hemi Terrace Bldg., Behind Ellora Palace, Balajinagar, Pune 411043, India (Current address) Department of Biological Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 20052.
National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Hantana Road, Kandy, Sri Lanka.
Hemiptera Heteroptera Reduviidae Emesinae new species Indomalayan region

Abstract

A new thread-legged assassin bug species, Myiophanes (Myiophanes) wygodzinskyi sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae: Emesini), collected from Ravana Cave in Uva Province of Sri Lanka, is described. It is the largest species of the genus described so far.

 

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