First report of Scipinia horrida (Stål) (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from Assam, with comments on related genus Irantha Stål

Authors

  • Anjana Singha Naorem Department of Zoology, Cotton University, Panbazar, Guwahati, Assam 781001, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7937-689X
  • Santana Saikia Department of Zoology, Cotton University, Panbazar, Guwahati, Assam 781001, India.
  • Anandita Buragohain Department of Zoology, Cotton University, Panbazar, Guwahati, Assam 781001, India.
  • Rubina Azmeera Begum Department of Zoology, Cotton University, Panbazar, Guwahati, Assam 781001, India.
  • Swapnil S. Boyane Post-Graduate Research Centre, Department of Zoology, Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce (Autonomous), Shivajinagar, Pune, Maharashtra 411005, India. and Present Address: Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Royal Enclave, Srirampura, Jakkur, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560064, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9475-8442
  • Hemant V. Ghate Post-Graduate Research Centre, Department of Zoology, Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce (Autonomous), Shivajinagar, Pune, Maharashtra 411005, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4934-7542

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.7124.13.12.19824-19830

Keywords:

Assassin bugs, Harpactorinae, Iranthini

Abstract

Presence of reduviid bugs Scipinia horrida (Stål, 1861) and Irantha sp., belonging to the family Reduviidae and subfamily Harpactorinae, is reported here for the first time from Guwahati, Assam. We provide images and comparative comments on these two bugs. 

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