A first report and additional description of the assassin bug Neostaccia plebeja (Stål) (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from India with comparative notes on Staccia diluta Stål from Assam, India

Balasaheb V. Sarode; Swapnil S. Boyane; Hemant V. Ghate

doi:10.11609/jott.4029.10.7.11948-11954

Journal of Threatened Taxa (Jun 2018)

A first report and additional description of the assassin bug Neostaccia plebeja (Stål) (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from India with comparative notes on Staccia diluta Stål from Assam, India

Balasaheb V. Sarode,
Swapnil S. Boyane,
Hemant V. Ghate

Affiliations

Balasaheb V. Sarode: Department of Zoology, Modern college of Arts, Commerce and Science, Shivajinagar, Pune-05
Swapnil S. Boyane: Department of Zoology, Modern college of Arts, Commerce and Science, Shivajinagar, Pune-05
Hemant V. Ghate: Department of Zoology, Modern college of Arts, Commerce and Science, Shivajinagar, Pune-05

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.4029.10.7.11948-11954
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 7
pp. 11948 – 11954

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The assassin bug, Neostaccia plebeja (Stål, 1866) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Stenopodainae) is being reported for the first time from India. It is redescribed with many illustrations. Comparative photos of the salient characters of Staccia diluta Stål, 1859 are also provided.

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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