Acanthaspis

Acanthaspis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Superfamily: Cimicomorpha
Family: Reduviidae
Subfamily: Reduviinae
Genus: Acanthaspis
Amyot and Serville, 1843

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

References

  1. 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. Series A, General Entomology 33 (10–12): 167–175. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3032.1958.tb00449.x.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Chandra, Kailash; Kushwaha, Sandeep; Biswas, B.; Mukherjee, Paramita; Bal, Animesh (2012). "Eight New Records of Genus Acanthaspis (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) from Madhya Pradesh, India". World Journal of Zoology (IDOSI Publications) 7 (3): 226–231. doi:10.5829/idosi.wjz.2012.7.3.64114. ISSN 1817-3098. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  3. Sahayaraj, K. "Ecotypic variation in the biology of Acanthaspis quinquespinosa Fabricius 1781 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Reduviinae) from peninsular India". Egyptian Journal of Biology (Egyptian British Biological Society) 9: Egyptian British Biological Society. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  4. Premila, K.S.; Devanesan, S.; Shailaja, K.K. (2013). "Reduviid bug Acanthaspis siva - a predator of honey bee and stingless bee in Kerala". Insect Environment (Current Biotica) 19 (3): 197–199. ISSN 0973-4031. Retrieved 13 November 2014.