Abstract
The assassin bug subfamily Holoptilinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) is recorded from Pakistan for the first time. Holoptilus fasciatus Reuter, 1881, newly recorded from Pakistan, is redescribed, its dorsal habitus and diagnostic morphological characters are illustrated.
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