Open AccessFirst report of Scipinia horrida (Stål) (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from Assam, with comments on related genus Irantha Stål
Author(s) -
Anjana Singha Naorem,
Santana Saikia,
Anandita Buragohain,
Rubina Azmeera Begum,
Swapnil S. Boyane,
Hemant V. Ghate
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of threatened taxa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.264
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 0974-7907
pISSN - 0974-7893
DOI - 10.11609/jott.7124.13.12.19824-19830
Subject(s) - reduviidae , subfamily , heteroptera , biology , genus , zoology , genetics , gene
Presence of reduviid bugs Scipinia horrida (Stål, 1861) and Irantha sp., belonging to the family Reduviidae and subfamily Harpactorinae, is reported here for the first time from Guwahati, Assam. We provide images and comparative comments on these two bugs.