Euagoras (bug)

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Euagoras
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A species from southern India
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Reduviidae
Tribe: Harpactorini
Genus: Euagoras
Burmeister, 1835
Synonyms

Darbanus Amyot & Serville, 1843
Eccagoras Stål, 1855

Euagoras [1] is a genus of assassin bugs (insects in the family Reduviidae), in the subfamily Harpactorinae. [2] Species are found in Asia and Australia. [3]

Species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists: [3]

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References

  1. Burmeister H (1835) Handb. Ent., 2 (1).
  2. Chandral S., Sinazer Retna, Latha, Daniel, Shirley, Kumar, S. Prasanna (2009). "A study on the biocontrol potential of Euagoras plagiatus Burmeister (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) on caterpillars of Pterophorus lienigianus Z., a pest of Solanum melongena Linn. in relation to prey density". Journal of Entomological Research. 33 (3): 203.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. 1 2 Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Euagoras Burmeister, 1835 (retrieved 8 May 2020)