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Ambrose Checklist of Assassin Bugs 871 FINAL REVIEW ZOOS' PRINT JOURNAL 21(9): 2388-2406 A CHECKLIST OF INDIAN ASSASSIN BUGS (INSECTA: HEMIPTERA: REDUVIIDAE) WITH TAXONOMIC STATUS, DISTRIBUTION AND DIAGNOSTIC MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS Dunston P. Ambrose Entomology Research Unit, St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Palayankottai, Tamil Nadu 627002, India Email: [email protected] plus web supplement of 34 pages ABSTRACT from Indian faunal limits since 1976 (Ambrose, 1980; 1987a,b; A checklist of 464 Indian species of assassin bugs under 1988; 1991; 1996a,b; 1999; 2000; 2003; 2004a,b; Murugan, 1988; 144 genera and 14 subfamilies with their taxonomical status, Ravichandran, 1988; examinations of Oriental reduviid fauna of their distribution in India and world over and their morphological characteristics are given. Members of the Prof. Carl W. Schafer at University of Connecticut, USA in 1997 Harpactorinae are the most abundant group with 146 species and 1999, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., USA and and 41 genera followed by the Reduviinae and the Natural History Museum, London, UK in 1999). The information Ectrichodiinae. The subfamilies such as the Physoderinae on biosystematics and diversity are pooled together into a check and the Ectinoderinae are represented each by two and lone list of Indian assassin bugs with their taxonomic status, species. Other characteristics of the family Reduviidae discussed in this overview include the rostrum structure, distribution and diagnostic morphological characteristics. tibial pads, habitat characteristics, microhabitats and habits. Hitherto, no such checklist for Indian assassin bugs is available. Morphological characteristics are correlated with ecological, The author follows Maldonado's (1990) classification. After behavioural and biological manifestations of the reduviids. Maldonado's world checklist on assassin bugs many Indian species have been described and redescribed and considerable KEYWORDS Checklist, distribution, Indian assassin bugs, Reduviidae changes have been incorporated at species, generic, tribe and subfamily levels (Ambrose, 1999; 2004b). Reduviidae is the largest family of predaceous terrestrial Hemiptera, globally comprising of 6250 species and subspecies Taxonomic status in 913 genera and 25 subfamilies (Maldonado, 1990). Reduviids The family Reduviidae contains more subfamilies than any other are abundant, occur worldwide and are voracious predators. hemipteran family and their composition and relationship remain Hence, they are referred to as "assassin bugs". Being larger unsettled (Ambrose, 1999, 2000, 2004b). Hence, there is an than many other predaceous land bugs and encompassing in absolute need for a complete comprehensive reassessment of their development a greater range of diversity, the assassin the family at generic and tribe levels and phylogenetic bugs consume not only more number of prey but also a wider relationships. range of prey. Assassin bugs may not be useful as predators of specific pests as they are polyphagous, but they are valuable Distant (1902, 1910) in his Fauna of British India, described 342 predators in situations where a variety of insect pests occur. species of reduviids belonging to 106 genera and 13 subfamilies They kill more prey than they need to satiate themselves by including the Nabidae and treating the Ectinoderinae under the their behaviour of indiscriminate killing. Thus assassin bugs Ectrichodiinae, the Physoderinae under the Peiratinae and the are an important mortality factor and deserve to be conserved Centrocneminae, the Reduviinae and the Triatominae together and augmented for their utilization in biocontrol programmes as the Acanthaspidinae. In the present checklist 14 subfamilies (Ambrose, 1987a,b; 1988; 1991; 1996a, b; 1999; 2000; 2003; with 144 genera and 464 species from Indian faunal limits are Schaefer, 1988). Conservation of assassin bugs can be achieved included (Tables 1 & 2). only if their biosystematics and bioecology are understood thoroughly. Harpactorinae is the most dominant reduviid fauna with 156 species under 41 genera. Among the harpactorines, Despite the abundance of the world's reduviid fauna and its Sphedanolestes dominates with 20 species followed by Sycanus rich taxonomic, geographic, ecological, trophic, morphological, with 18 species, Rhynocoris with 17 species and Coranus with biological and behavioural diversity, and despite its prey record 12 species, Endochus and Henricohahnia with 11 species each; and biocontrol potential, studies on reduviids are relatively Epidaus has five species; Biasticus, Isyndus and Velinus have meagre. four species, each; Alcemna, Cydnocoris, Irantha, Macracanthopsis, Panthous and Raphidosoma have three The major part of information available on assassin bugs species each and Bergrothellus, Euagoras, Homalosphodrus, belongs to Oriental assassin bugs. This paper reviews Karenocoris, Platerus, Ploididus and Vesbius have two species information on the biosystematics, bioecology, ecophysiology, each. The remaining 18 genera, viz., Agriosphodrus, Brassivola, ethology and biocontrol potential of Oriental assassin bugs Cosmolestes, Lanca, Lophocephala, Mastocoris, Nagusta, based on the author’s continued studies on 464 species of Narsetes, Neonagusta, Neovillanovanus, Occamus, assassin bugs under 144 genera and 14 subfamilies recorded Paracydnocoris, Parapanthous, Pristhesancus, Rihirbus, © Zoo Outreach Organisation; www.zoosprint.org Manuscript 871; Received 02 July 2002; Revised received 23 June 2006; Finally accepted 31 July 2006; Date of publication 25 August 2006 2388 September 2006 | ISSN 0973-2535 (Print edition); 0973-2551 (Online edition) A checklist of Indian Assassin Bugs with taxonomic status, distribution and diagnostic morphological characteristics D.P. Ambrose Table 1. Taxonomic diversity of Indian Assassin bugs. Bardesanes, Caunus, Hemisastrapada, Kumaonocoris, Neoklugia, Neothodelmus and Streptophorocoris are No. Subfamily Species Genus represented by one species each. The genus Hemisastrapada 1. Centrocneminae 4 2 is a newly erected genus (Livingstone & Ravichandran, 1988b). 2. Ectinoderinae 1 1 3. Ectrichodiinae 59 22 4. Emesiinae 28 14 The subfamily Peiratinae very closely follows the 5. Harpactorinae 156 41 Stenopodainae in its abundance, comprising of 39 species 6. Holoptilinae 4 1 under nine genera. The major constituents of the Peiratinae are 7. Peiratinae 39 9 8. Physoderinae 2 1 from a single genus Ectomocoris with 21 species, followed by 9. Reduviinae 98 25 Peirates with five species, the genera Lestomerus and Sirthenea 10. Saicinae 9 3 have three species each, the genera Androclus and Cleptocoris 11. Salyavatinae 12 6 12. Stenopodainae 39 14 have two species each, and the genera Catamiarus, Phalantus 13. Triatominae 7 2 and Spilodermus are represented each by a lone species each. 14. Trobelocephalinae 6 3 Total 464 144 The subfamily Emesinae is represented by 28 species and 14 genera under four tribes, viz., Emesinii, Leistarchini, Scipinia, Serendiba and Villanovanus are represented by one Metapterini and Ploiariolini. Among them, Stenolemus of the species, each. The genera Neonagusta and Neovillanovanus Emesinii and Ischnobaenella of the Metapterini dominate with are newly erected ones (Ambrose & Vennison, 1991; Ambrose four species each. They are followed in abundance by & Kumaraswami, 1992). Eugubinus of the Emesinii, Bagauda and Ploiaria of the Leistarchini with three species each. The genera, Schidium The next abundant subfamily is Reduviinae with 98 species and Emesopsis are represented by two species each whereas and 25 genera. Interestingly, 42 species belong to a single all the other genera, viz., Empicoris, Gardena, Myiophanes, genus Acanthaspis. It is followed by Reduvius and Tiarodes Guithera, Emesaya, Ischnobaena and Onychomesa are with eight species each; Edocla, Empyrocoris and Tapeinus represented by one species each. have five species each; Velitra has four species and Ganesocoris, Pasiropsis and Psophis have two species, each. The Salyavatinae has 12 species under six genera. Unlike the All the other 15 genera viz., Alloeocranum, Durganda, Reduviinae, the Peiratinae and the Stenopodainae, the Durgandana, Gerbelius, Hadrokerala, Isdegardes, Lenaeus, distribution of the salyavatine species is not unipolarized. Mesacanthaspis, Nanokerala, Neoacanthaspis, Neotiarodes, Lisarda has four species, Petalocheirus possess three species Paralenaeus, Pasira, Raipurocoris and Tiarodurganda are and Valentia has two species, whereas the other genera, represented by one species each. Three genera Hardokerala, Nudiscutella, Paralisarda and Rulandus have one species Nanokerala and Neoacanthaspis were recently included each. (Wygodizinsky & Lent, 1980; Murugan & Livingstone, 1991). The subfamily Saicinae has three genera and nine species. Here The Ectrichodiinae follows the Reduviinae with 59 species under again five species are present in the genus Polytoxus whereas 22 genera. The most abundant genera is Ectrychotes with 16 the other two genera Gallobelogicus and Panagrocoris have species followed by Haematorrhophus with 12 species. The two species each. genus Scadra has nine species. The genera Haematoloecha, Labidocoris and Vilius have two species each and the remaining The subfamily Triatominae has seven species. Six species are 16 genera, viz., Audernacus, Bayerus, Cimbus, Echinocoris, polarized in a single genus Linshcosteus and one species in Eriximachus, Guionius, Hemihaematorrhophus, Triatoma. Mascaregnasa, Mendis, Neohaematorrhophus, Paralibavius, Parascadra,
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