Eugubinus intrudans Distant, 1915

Ghate, Hemant V., Boyane, Swapnil S. & Webb, Michael D., 2021, Description of the adult of the thread-legged assassin bug Eugubinus araneus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) from India, with comments on other congeneric species, Zootaxa 4990 (2), pp. 291-304 : 298

Eugubinus intrudans Distant, 1915

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Eugubinus intrudans Distant, 1915: 8–9 . Syntype (s): India, Cochin State, Ernakulam [now Kochi, Ernakulam District, Kerala State]; BMNH.

Type material examined. India: Syntype: 1 ♂ Ernakulam , Cochin State Oct. 1914 at dusk F.H. Gravely ”, “ Eugubinus intrudens [sic] Dist.”, “from webs of Cyrtophora cicatrosa (Stol.) ”, “Distant Coll. 1911–383”, “NHMUK 013586730” ( BMNH) ( Fig. 24 ) .

Additional specimens examined. India: 1 nymph, same data as syntype except “NHMUK 013588107”; 1 ♀, “Chikkaballapura, S. India, T.V. Campbell ”, “NHMUK 013586731” ( BMNH) .

Remarks. This species was described from an unspecified number of specimens from “ Cochin State, Ernakulam ” [now Kochi, Ernakulam District, Kerala State] in India, from webs of Cyrtophora cicatrosa . According to the original description, the anterior and posterior lobes of pronotum are of equal length, the (visible) first two segments of rostrum are relatively less incrassate, and tips of hind femora are greyish white, well matching the condition seen in the adult male syntype. Gravely (1921) recorded the species from Berkuda Island, Chilka Lake, Odisha.An adult of E. intrudans was recently imaged in Jharkand ( Agarwal 2020b).

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FIGURES 23–25. Type specimens of Eugubinus spp. and their labels. 23, syntype (nymph) of E. araneus Distant, 1903 (body length 8.5 mm); 24, syntype male of E. intrudans Distant, 1915 (body length 13.0 mm); 25, syntype female of E. reticolus Distant, 1915 (actual size 13.0 mm).