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Issue: Vol. 5493 No. 2: 9 Aug. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-08-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5493.2.4
Page range: 153-164
Abstract views: 76
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First record of Bagauda aelleni (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) from India and notes on its natural history in Sri Lanka

Wild Island Foundation; 6A; Mendis Lane; Moratuwa; 10400; Sri Lanka
Department of Crop Protection (Entomology); Vanavarayar Institute of Agriculture; Manakkadavu; Pollachi; Coimbatore; Tamil Nadu 642103; India
12 Z Rutland Gate; 4th street; Aroshree Kailash; Chennai; Tamil Nadu 600006; India
Department of Zoology and Environment Sciences; University of Colombo; Colombo; Sri Lanka
Post-Graduate Research Centre; Department of Zoology; Modern College of Arts; Science and Commerce (Autonomous); Shivajinagar; Pune; Maharashtra 411005; India
Hemiptera assassin bugs South Asia cavernicolous distribution bionomics

Abstract

Bagauda aelleni Villiers, 1970 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae: Leistarchini), described from Sri Lanka, is reported from India for the first time. Based on specimens collected at Sirumalai, Tamil Nadu, the species is redescribed and various aspects of its morphology and life history are highlighted and illustrated.

 

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