Gallobelgicus Distant, 1906

Rédei, Dávid & Tsai, Jing-Fu, 2010, A survey of the saicine assassin bugs of Taiwan (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50 (1), pp. 15-32 : 17

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5325170
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scientific name	Gallobelgicus Distant, 1906
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Gallobelgicus Distant, 1906 View in CoL

Gallobelgicus Distant, 1906: 370 View in CoL . Type species by original designation: Gallobelgicus typicus Distant, 1906 View in CoL .

References. DISTANT (1911): 216 (redescription); BERGROTH (1913): 233 (redescription, subfamily placement); VIL- LIERS (1943b):322 (catalogue); MILLER (1957): 247 (redescription, key to species); MALDONADO CAPRILES (1990):472 (catalogue); ISHIKAWA (2003): 45 (diagnosis); RÉDEI & TSAI (2009): 78 (species groups, key to selected species).

Diagnosis. This genus is characterized by a combination of the following characters: clypeus armed with an anteriorly directed spine; head, first visible labial segment and coxa, trochanter, femur and tibia of fore leg armed with large spiniferous processes; humeral angle of pronotum with long spine-like process; tarsal segment I subequal in length to the lengths of segments II and III combined.

Distribution and diversity. The genus contains six species occurring in the Oriental Region; one species occurs in Taiwan.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hemiptera
Family	Reduviidae