A new apterous species of the genus Ploiaria (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from Maharashtra, India
A new species of thread-legged assassin bugs, Ploiaria enigmatica sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae: Leistarchini), is described from Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India. The new species has an interesting set of characters not found in any Indomalayan members of the genus Ploiaria Scopoli, 1786, and it appears to be morphologically similar to some Afrotropical congeners.
Authors
- Dávid Rédei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1550-2110)
- Balasaheb V. Sarode (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7438-2705)
- Pratik P. Pansare (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4624-9322)
- Swapnil S. Boyane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9475-8442)
- Hemant V. Ghate (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4934-7542)
Institutions
- Texas Tech University (US)
- National Chung Hsing University (TW)
- Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (IN)
- Department of Commerce (AU)
- G.S. Science, Arts And Commerce College (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zootaxa
- Published
- 2024-09-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5507.4.4
- Primary Topic
- Hemiptera Insect Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00