Bagauda zigzag

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Bagauda zigzag
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Reduviidae
Genus: Bagauda
Species:
B. zigzag
Binomial name
Bagauda zigzag
Rédei & Tsai, 2010

Bagauda zigzag is a species of assassin bug discovered in Taiwan in 2007 in an area of uplifted coral reef forest. [1] One individual was observed to prey upon a spider. The species is nocturnal and individuals were most commonly found on Chinese banyan ( Ficus microcarpa L.) and King fig ( Ficus ampelos Burm.f.) (Moraceae).

References

  1. 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 11 July 2025).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2025 (link)