Eugubinus Distant, 1903

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 : 292

Eugubinus Distant, 1903

Eugubinus Distant, 1903a: 253 . Type species by monotypy: Eugubinus araneus Distant, 1903 .

Falsogardena Villiers, 1948: 434 . Type species Falsogardena annulata . Synonymized by Wygodzinsky (1966: 242).

Remarks. The genus Eugubinus was proposed by Distant (1903a, b) on the basis of a single included species, E. araneus , which was described from two nymphs; the adult stage has remained unknown until now. Subsequently Distant (1915) described two additional species, E. reticolus and E. intrudans , on the basis of adults, but without giving a revised description of the genus. A detailed diagnosis of the genus was subsequently given by Wygodzinsky (1966) as follows: “first (visible) rostral segment at least as long as second; spined portion of fore femur occupying most of length of segment, fore femur with conspicuous spiniferous processes; fore wings very narrow, subbasal cell only one-tenth of length of discal cell; claws of mid and hind legs with conspicuous subbasal projection; fore tarsi three-segmented”. Our adult specimens of E. araneu s match with the above diagnosis, confirming our identification; a detailed description of the genus was also given by Wygodzinsky (1966). Eugubinu s at present includes nine species that are listed below.