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Published: 2016-08-18
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Epidaus wangi (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae), a new assassin bug from Tibet, China

College of Life Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’ an, Sichuan 625014, China
College of Life Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’ an, Sichuan 625014, China
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, China
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, China
Hemiptera taxonomy reduviid Epidaus new species China

Abstract

Epidaus wangi Chen, Zhu, Wang & Cai, sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) from Tibet, China, is described and illustrated based on male and female specimens. The new species is morphologically similar to E. tuberosus Yang, 1940. The new species represents the first record of Epidaus species from Tibet.

 

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