Acanthaspis
Not to be confused with Acanthaspis Newberry 1875, a genus of extinct fish (see List of placoderm genera).
| Acanthaspis | |
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| Acanthaspis sp. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Superfamily: | Cimicomorpha |
| Family: | Reduviidae |
| Subfamily: | Reduviinae |
| Genus: | Acanthaspis Amyot and Serville, 1843 |
Acanthaspis is a genus of assassin bugs. Members of the genus are known to disguise themselves by attaching bits of debris to aid in camouflage.[1]
Partial species list
- Acanthaspis alagiriensis Murugan & Livingstone, 1994[2]
- Acanthaspis angularis Stål, 1859[2]
- Acanthaspis annulicornis Stål,1874
- Acanthaspis apicata Distant, 1903
- Acanthaspis biguttula Stål,1863
- Acanthaspis bistillata Stål, 1858
- Acanthaspis bombayensis Distant, 1909
- Acanthaspis carinata Murugan & Livingstone, 1994
- Acanthaspis cincticrus Stål, 1859
- Acanthaspis concinnula Stål, 1863
- Acanthaspis coprologus (Annandale, 1906)
- Acanthaspis coranodes Stål, 1874
- Acanthaspis flavipes Stål, 1855
- Acanthaspis fulvipes (Dallas,1850)
- Acanthaspis gulo Stål, 1863
- Acanthaspis helluo Stål, 1863
- Acanthaspis laoensis Distant, 1919
- Acanthaspis lineatipes Reuter, 1881
- Acanthaspis livingstonei Vennison & Ambrose, 1988
- Acanthaspis luteipes Walker, 1873
- Acanthaspis maculata Distant, 1910
- Acanthaspis megaspila Walker, 1873
- Acanthaspis micrographa Walker, 1873
- Acanthaspis minutum Livingstone & Murugan, 1988
- Acanthaspis nigricans Ambrose, 1994
- Acanthaspis nigripes Livingstone & Murugan, 1988
- Acanthaspis pedestris Stål, 1863
- Acanthaspis pernobilis Reuter, 1881
- Acanthaspis petax Stål, 1865
- Acanthaspis philomanmariae Vennison & Ambrose, 1988
- Acanthaspis pustulata Stål, 1874
- Acanthaspis quinquespinosa (Fabricius, 1781)[3]
- Acanthaspis rama Distant, 1902
- Acanthaspis rugulosa Stål, 1863
- Acanthaspis sexguttata (Fabricius, 1775)
- Acanthaspis siruvanii Livingstone & Murugan, 1988
- Acanthaspis siva Distant, 1902[4]
- Acanthaspis subrufa Distant, 1903
- Acanthaspis tavoyana Distant, 1903
- Acanthaspis tergeminia Burmeister, 1835
- Acanthaspis trimaculata Reuter, 1887
- Acanthaspis unifasciata (Wolff, 1804)
- Acanthaspis variegata Distant, 1874
References
- ↑ Thomas R. Odhiambo (December 1958). "Some Observations of the natural history of Acanthaspis petax Stal (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) living in termite mounds in Uganda". Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series A, General Entomology. 33 (10–12): 167–175. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3032.1958.tb00449.x.
- 1 2 Chandra, Kailash; Kushwaha, Sandeep; Biswas, B.; Mukherjee, Paramita; Bal, Animesh (2012). "Eight New Records of Genus Acanthaspis (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) from Madhya Pradesh, India" (PDF). World Journal of Zoology. IDOSI Publications. 7 (3): 226–231. doi:10.5829/idosi.wjz.2012.7.3.64114. ISSN 1817-3098. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
- ↑ Sahayaraj, K. "Ecotypic variation in the biology of Acanthaspis quinquespinosa Fabricius 1781 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Reduviinae) from peninsular India" (PDF). Egyptian Journal of Biology. Egyptian British Biological Society. 9: Egyptian British Biological Society. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ↑ Premila, K.S.; Devanesan, S.; Shailaja, K.K. (2013). "Reduviid bug Acanthaspis siva - a predator of honey bee and stingless bee in Kerala" (PDF). Insect Environment. Current Biotica. 19 (3): 197–199. ISSN 0973-4031. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
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