Acanthaspis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Paraneoptera
Superordo: Condylognatha
Ordo: Hemiptera
Subordo: Heteroptera
Infraordo: Cimicomorpha
Superfamilia: Reduvioidea

Familia: Reduviidae
Subfamilia: Reduviinae
Genus: Acanthaspis
Species: A. celidota – A. maculata
Name

Acanthaspis Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843

Homonym: †Acanthaspis Newberry, 1875 (†Arthrodiriformes)
References

Amyot, J.B. & Audinet-Serville, J.G. 1843. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Hémiptères. 657 pp. Librairie encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. BHL Reference page.
Cao, L.-m. et al. 2014: Revision of the genus Acanthaspis Amyot & Serville (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Reduviinae) from China, with new records of species to adjacent countries. Zootaxa 3892(1): 1–66. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3892.1.1 Reference page.
Swanson, D.R. 2017. Five new replacement names in Reduviidae (Heteroptera). Zootaxa 4341(2): 291–295. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.2.12. Reference page.
Acanthaspis 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 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 fulvipes (Dallas, 1850)
Acanthaspis gulo Stål, 1863
Acanthaspis helluo Stål, 1863
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 pedestris Stål, 1863
Acanthaspis pernobilis Reuter, 1881
Acanthaspis petax Stål, 1865
Acanthaspis philomanmariae Vennison & Ambrose, 1988
Acanthaspis pustulata Stål, 1874
Acanthaspis quinquespinosa (Fabricius, 1781)[2]
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[3]
Acanthaspis subrufa Distant, 1903
Acanthaspis tavoyana Distant, 1903
Acanthaspis tergeminia Burmeister, 1835
Acanthaspis trimaculata Reuter, 1887
Acanthaspis unifasciata (Wolff, 1804)
Acanthaspis variegata Distant, 1874

References

Thomas R. Odhiambo (December 1958). "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. 33 (10–12): 167–175. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3032.1958.tb00449.x.
Sahayaraj, K. "Ecotypic variation in the biology of Acanthaspis quinquespinosa Fabricius 1781 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Reduviinae) from peninsular India" (PDF). Egyptian Journal of Biology. Egyptian British Biological Society. 9: Egyptian British Biological Society. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
Premila, K.S.; Devanesan, S.; Shailaja, K.K. (2013). "Reduviid bug Acanthaspis siva - a predator of honey bee and stingless bee in Kerala" (PDF). Insect Environment. Current Biotica. 19 (3): 197–199. ISSN 0973-4031. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.