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

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Balasaheb V. Sarode
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7438-2705
Nikhil U. Joshi
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0012-783X
Pratik P. Pansare
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4624-9322
Hemant V. Ghate
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4934-7542

Abstract

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.

 

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