Bagauda (bug)

Bagauda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Reduviidae
Tribe: Leistarchini
Genus: Bagauda
Bergroth, 1903
Synonyms

Pleias Kirkaldy, 1901

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

Partial species list

References

  1. ^ D. Rédei (2005). "Bagauda zetteli sp. n., a new cavernicolous thread-legged bug (Insecta: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) from Borneo" (PDF). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. 106 B.
  2. ^ David Rédei (2007). "The identity and taxonomic position of Pleias Kirkaldy, 1901 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1583: 59–64. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1583.1.7.
  3. ^ Dávid Rédei & Jing-Fu Tsai (2010). "A survey of the emesine assassin bugs of the tribes Collartidini, Leistarchini, Emesini, and Metapterini of Taiwan (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Reduviidae)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 57 (1): 11–36. doi:10.1002/mmnd.201000002 (inactive 1 November 2024).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)

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