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Issue: Vol. 1615 No. 1: 15 Oct. 2007
Type: Article
Published: 2007-10-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1615.1.2
Page range: 21–27
Abstract views: 272
PDF downloaded: 6

Sycanus aurantiacus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae), a new harpactorine species from Bali, Indonesia, with brief notes on its biology

Laboratory of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan
Laboratory of Tropical Plant Protection, Department of International Agricultural Development, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Udayana University, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia
Laboratory of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan
Hemiptera Reduviidae Harpactorinae Sycanus new species Bali Indonesia

Abstract

A new species, Sycanus aurantiacus, of the assassin bug subfamily Harpactorinae is described on the basis of specimens collected from Bali, Indonesia. This species is distinguished from the other species of Sycanus by its antennal segment I having two orange annulations; the posterior pronotal lobe being weakly tumid in the middle near the posterior margin; the scutellar spine being erect, short, and rounded at the apex; each femur having two incomplete orange annulations; the hemelytral corium being blackish with the veins yellow to yellowish brown; and the abdominal laterotergites being weakly extended dorsad. This species is notable because it feeds on some serious lepidopteran pests of cabbage.

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