Thursday, August 18, 2016

[Entomology • 2016] Epidaus wangi • A New Assassin Bug (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from Tibet, China


Epidaus wangi 
  Chen, Zhu, Wang & Cai, 2016

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.

Keywords: Hemiptera, taxonomy, reduviid, Epidaus, new species, China




Zhuo Chen, Guangxiang Zhu, Jianyun Wang and Wanzhi Cai. 2016. Epidaus wangi (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae), A New Assassin Bug from Tibet, China.
  Zootaxa. 4154(1); 89–95.   DOI:  10.11646/zootaxa.4154.1.6