Rediscovery of Gardena melinarthrum Dohrn from Sri Lanka

Authors

  • Tharindu Ranasinghe Butterfly Conservation Society of Sri Lanka, 762/A, Yatihena, Malwana, 11670, Sri Lanka. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9495-9401
  • Hemant V. Ghate Post Graduate Research Centre, Department of Zoology, Modern College of Arts, Science & Commerce (Autonomous), Shivajinagar, Pune 411 005, India.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.8052.14.6.21318-21320

Keywords:

photographic evidence, Gardena melinarthrum

Abstract

We confirm the presence of G. melinarthrum from three different localities of Sri Lanka after a gap of over 150 years. 

References

Hiremath, S.R., S. Saikia & H.V. Ghate (2022). Authentic report of the emesine bug Gardena melinarthrum Dohrn, 1860 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 14(6): 21296–21301. https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.7902.14.6.21296-21301

Wygodzinsky, P.W. (1966). A monograph of the Emesinae (Reduviidae, Hemiptera). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 133: 1–614.

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26-06-2022 — Updated on 26-06-2022

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Vol. 14 No. 6 (2022)

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