Acanthaspis Explained

Acanthaspis Amyot & Serville, 1843, is a genus of assassin bugs. Members of the genus are known to disguise themselves by attaching bits of debris to aid in camouflage.^[1]

Partial species list

• Acanthaspis alagiriensis Murugan & Livingstone, 1994
• Acanthaspis angularis Stål, 1859
• Acanthaspis annulicornis Stål, 1874
• Acanthaspis apicata Distant, 1903
• Acanthaspis biguttula Stål, 1863
• Acanthaspis bistillata Stål, 1858
• Acanthaspis bombayensis Distant, 1909
• Acanthaspis collaris Hsiao, 1976
• Acanthaspis carinata Murugan & Livingstone, 1994
• Acanthaspis cincticrus Stål, 1859
• Acanthaspis concinnula Stål, 1863
• Acanthaspis coprologus (Annandale, 1906)
• Acanthaspis coranodes Stål, 1874
• Acanthaspis flavipes Stål, 1855
• Acanthaspis fulviconnexa Cao, Redei, Li & Cai, 2014
• Acanthaspis fulvipes (Dallas, 1850)
• Acanthaspis fuscinervis Hsiao, 1976
• Acanthaspis genuculata Hsiao, 1976
• Acanthaspis gulo Stål, 1863
• Acanthaspis helluo Stål, 1863
• Acanthaspis immodesta Bergroth, 1914
• Acanthaspis laoensis Distant, 1919
• Acanthaspis lineatipes Reuter, 1881
• Acanthaspis livingstonei Vennison & Ambrose, 1988
• Acanthaspis luteipes Walker, 1873
• Acanthaspis maculata Distant, 1910
• Acanthaspis megaspila Walker, 1873
• Acanthaspis micrographa Walker, 1873
• Acanthaspis minutum Livingstone & Murugan, 1988
• Acanthaspis nigricans Ambrose, 1994
• Acanthaspis nigripes Livingstone & Murugan, 1988
• Acanthaspis obscura Stål, 1855
• Acanthaspis octoguttata Cao, Redei, Li & Cai, 2014^[2]
• Acanthaspis pedestris Stål, 1863
• Acanthaspis pernobilis Reuter, 1881
• Acanthaspis petax Stål, 1865
• Acanthaspis philomanmariae Vennison & Ambrose, 1988
• Acanthaspis picta Hsiao, 1976
• Acanthaspis pustulata Stål, 1874
• Acanthaspis quinquespinosa (Fabricius, 1781)^[3]
• Acanthaspis rama Distant, 1902
• Acanthaspis ruficeps Hsiao, 1976
• Acanthaspis rugulosa Stål, 1863
• Acanthaspis sexguttata (Fabricius, 1775)
• Acanthaspis siruvanii Livingstone & Murugan, 1988
• Acanthaspis siva Distant, 1902^[4]
• Acanthaspis subrufa Distant, 1903
• Acanthaspis tavoyana Distant, 1903
• Acanthaspis tergeminia Burmeister, 1835
• Acanthaspis trimaculata Reuter, 1887
• Acanthaspis unifasciata (Wolff, 1804)
• Acanthaspis variegata Distant, 1874
• Acanthaspis westermanii Reuter, 1881

Notes and References

1. Thomas R. Odhiambo . Some Observations of the natural history of Acanthaspis petax Stal (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) living in termite mounds in Uganda . Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London A . December 1958 . 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1958.tb00449.x . 33 . 10–12 . 167–175.
2. Cao . Liangming . Rédei . Dávid . Li . Hu . Cai . Wanzhi . 2014 . Revision of the genus Acanthaspis Amyot & Serville (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Reduviinae) from China, with new records of species to adjacent countries . Zootaxa . en . 3892 . 1 . 1–66 . 10.11646/zootaxa.3892.1.1 . 1175-5334.
3. Sahayaraj. K. . Ecotypic variation in the biology of Acanthaspis quinquespinosa Fabricius 1781 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Reduviinae) from peninsular India . Egyptian Journal of Biology. Egyptian British Biological Society. 9. Egyptian British Biological Society . 13 November 2014.
4. Premila. K.S.. Devanesan. S.. Shailaja. K.K.. 2013. Reduviid bug Acanthaspis siva - a predator of honey bee and stingless bee in Kerala. Insect Environment. Current Biotica. 0973-4031. 19. 3. 197–199. 13 November 2014. 13 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141113172834/http://www.currentbiotica.com/Insect/Volume19-3/IE-V19%283%29-21.pdf. dead.