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Issue: Vol. 2358 No. 1: 12 Feb. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-02-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2358.1.5
Page range: 57–67
Abstract views: 44
PDF downloaded: 1

Taxonomic and bionomic notes on Agriosphodrus dohrni (Signoret) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae)

Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, China
Beijing Botanical Garden, Xiangshan Wofosi, Beijing 100093, China
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, China
Beijing Botanical Garden, Xiangshan Wofosi, Beijing 100093, China
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, China
Hemiptera Agriosphodrus dohrni Reduviidae taxonomy bionomics

Abstract

Agriosphodrus dohrni is redescribed. The male genitalia is described and illustrated for the first time. Some biological characters of this reduviid, such as the predatory behavior, mating, oviposition, hatching, molting, emergence, colonization, and cannibalism, are noted.

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