Authentic report of the emesine bug Gardena melinarthrum Dohrn, 1860 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from India

Authors

  • Sangamesh R. Hiremath Department of Agriculture, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Karunya Nagar, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641114, India.
  • Santana Saikia Department of Zoology, Cotton University, Panbazar, Guwahati, Assam 781001, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2274-947X
  • Hemant V. Ghate Post Graduate Research Centre, Department of Zoology, Modern College of Arts, Science & Commerce (Autonomus), Shivajinagar, Pune, Maharashtra 411005, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4934-7542

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.7902.14.6.21296-21301

Keywords:

Assam, assassin bug, Emesinae, Emesini, Kerala, species distribution

Abstract

An emesine bug, Gardena melinarthrum Dohrn, 1860, is reported from two areas in India—Kerala and Assam. Both, macropterous and apterous forms are found in India. This is the first illustrated report of this assassin bug from India.

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