A record after 52 years, and additional description of the emesine assassin bug Emesopsis nubila (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) from western India

Balasaheb V. Sarode; Nikhil U. Joshi; Pratik P. Pansare; Hemant V. Ghate

doi:10.11609/jott.3956.10.9.12282-12285

Journal of Threatened Taxa (Aug 2018)

A record after 52 years, and additional description of the emesine assassin bug Emesopsis nubila (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) from western India

Balasaheb V. Sarode,
Nikhil U. Joshi,
Pratik P. Pansare,
Hemant V. Ghate

Affiliations

Balasaheb V. Sarode: Post-Graduate Research Centre, Department of Zoology, Modern College of Arts Science and Commerce, Shivajinagar, Pune 411 005 (India).
Nikhil U. Joshi: Post-Graduate Research Centre, Department of Zoology, Modern College of Arts Science and Commerce, Shivajinagar, Pune 411 005 (India).
Pratik P. Pansare: Post-Graduate Research Centre, Department of Zoology, Modern College of Arts Science and Commerce, Shivajinagar, Pune 411 005 (India).
Hemant V. Ghate: Post-Graduate Research Centre, Department of Zoology, Modern College of Arts Science and Commerce, Shivajinagar, Pune 411 005 (India).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.3956.10.9.12282-12285
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 9
pp. 12282 – 12285

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A small reduviid bug Emesopsis nubila Uhler, 1893 is reported from Maharashtra State, India, for the first time. Digital illustrations of important morphological characters, including male genitalia and female terminalia, are provided in the additional description.

Published in Journal of Threatened Taxa

ISSN: 0974-7893 (Print); 0974-7907 (Online)
Publisher: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society
Country of publisher: India
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General): Ecology; Science: Natural history (General): General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution
Website: https://threatenedtaxa.org/

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