Eugubinus reticolus 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 : 299

Eugubinus reticolus Distant, 1915

( Figs. 25–26 )

Eugubinus reticolus Distant, 1915: 8 . Syntype (s): India, Calcutta [= Kolkata], salt lakes below Chingrighatta; BMNH.

Type material examined. India: Syntype ♀, “Salt Lakes below Chingrighatta, Calcutta. 29.x. 14 F. H. Gravely ”, “ Eugubinus reticolus Dist. ”, “ Syntype [blue circular label]”, “From webs of Cyrtophora cicatrosa (Stol.) ”, “Distant Coll. 1911-383”, “NHMUK 013588108” ( BMNH) ( Fig. 25 ) .

Remarks. This species was described from an unspecified number of specimens from “Calcutta; salt lakes below Chingrighatta” in India, from webs of Cyrtophora cicatrosa . A badly mutilated female syntype (lacking head and prothorax) and one topotypical nymph ( Fig. 26 ) are located in BMNH. The dark apex of the hind femur is seen in both the adult female and the nymph, supporting recognition of the specimens as conspecific. Gravely (1921) recorded the species from Berkuda Island, Chilka Lake, Odisha. An adult and a nymph of E. reticolus were recently imaged in Tamil Nadu ( Agarwal 2020a).

Figures

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).

FIGURES 26–28. Specimens of Eugubinus spp. and their labels. 26, topotypical nymph of E. reticolus Distant, 1915 (actual size about 12.0 mm); 27, holotype of E. papuensis Wygodzinsky, 1966 (actual size 15.2 mm); 28, syntype of E. canalanus (Distant, 1914) (actual size about 18 mm): the printed determination label is a BMNH collection label, not a specimen label.