Epidaus Stål, 1859

Truong, Xuan Lam, Zhao, Ping & Cai, Wanzhi, 2006, Taxonomic notes on the genus Epidaus Stål (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) from Vietnam, with the description of a new species, Zootaxa 1256 (1), pp. 1-9 : 2-3

Key to the Vietnamese species of genus Epidaus Stål

1. Posterior pronotal lobe without black transverse strip near posterior margin, body ventrally and dorsally with distinct white spots ...................... Epidaus famulus (Stål, 1904)

­. Posterior pronotal lobe with black transverse strip near posterior margin, body without distinct white spots........................................................................................................ 2

2. Spine behind base of antenna longer than distance between spines; posterior lobe of head black; apex of scutellum slightly acute ................. Epidaus sexspinus Hsiao, 1979

­. Spine behind base of antenna shorter than distance between spines; head of same color; apex of scutellum round...................................................................................... 3

3. Middle portion of posterior pronotal lobe with two slender spines; posterior lateral angles of third to fifth connexival segments without brownish red markings ................ .................................................................................... Epidaus longispinus Hsiao, 1979

­. Middle portion of posterior pronotal lobe with two very high and thick spines; posterior lateral angles of third to fifth connexival segments with brownish red markings.... ....................................................... Epidaus bachmaensis Truong, Zhao & Cai , sp. nov.