Bagauda (bug) explained

Bagauda is a genus of thread-legged bug in the Emesinae. 18 species are currently known.^[1] Many of the species of this genus are associated with caves, some exclusively so. Bagauda is synonymous with the genus Pleias Kirkaldy, 1901, but Bagauda has become more widely used.^[2] The genus is restricted to Old World tropics.^[3]

Partial species list

• Bagauda adami
• Bagauda aelleni
• Bagauda cavernìcola
• Bagauda ernstmayri Kulkarni & Ghate, 2016
• Bagauda furcosus
• Bagauda lucifugus
• Bagauda smithersi
• Bagauda tenebricolus
• Bagauda zigzag Rédei & Tsai, 2010
• Bagauda zetteli

Notes and References

1. Bagauda zetteli sp. n., a new cavernicolous thread-legged bug (Insecta: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) from Borneo . D. Rédei . . 106 B . 2005.
2. The identity and taxonomic position of Pleias Kirkaldy, 1901 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) . David Rédei . . 1583 . 59–64 . 2007. 10.11646/zootaxa.1583.1.7 .
3. A survey of the emesine assassin bugs of the tribes Collartidini, Leistarchini, Emesini, and Metapterini of Taiwan (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Reduviidae) . Dávid Rédei & Jing-Fu Tsai . . 57 . 1 . 2010 . 11–36 . 10.1002/mmnd.201000002. 31 January 2024 .