Acanthaspis Amyot & Serville, 1843, is a genus of assassin bugs. Members of the genus are known to disguise themselves by attaching bits of debris to aid in camouflage.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Reduviidae |
| Genus: | Acanthaspis Amyot and Serville, 1843 |
Partial species list
edit- Acanthaspis alagiriensis Murugan & Livingstone, 1994
- Acanthaspis angularis Stål, 1859
- Acanthaspis annulicornis Stål, 1874
- Acanthaspis apicata Distant, 1903
- Acanthaspis biguttula Stål, 1863
- Acanthaspis bistillata Stål, 1858
- Acanthaspis bombayensis Distant, 1909
- Acanthaspis collaris Hsiao, 1976
- Acanthaspis carinata Murugan & Livingstone, 1994
- Acanthaspis cincticrus Stål, 1859
- Acanthaspis concinnula Stål, 1863
- Acanthaspis coprologus (Annandale, 1906)
- Acanthaspis coranodes Stål, 1874
- Acanthaspis flavipes Stål, 1855
- Acanthaspis fulviconnexa Cao, Redei, Li & Cai, 2014[2]
- Acanthaspis fulvipes (Dallas, 1850)
- Acanthaspis fuscinervis Hsiao, 1976
- Acanthaspis genuculata Hsiao, 1976
- Acanthaspis gulo Stål, 1863
- Acanthaspis helluo Stål, 1863
- Acanthaspis immodesta Bergroth, 1914
- Acanthaspis laoensis Distant, 1919
- Acanthaspis lineatipes Reuter, 1881
- Acanthaspis livingstonei Vennison & Ambrose, 1988
- Acanthaspis luteipes Walker, 1873
- Acanthaspis maculata Distant, 1910
- Acanthaspis megaspila Walker, 1873
- Acanthaspis micrographa Walker, 1873
- Acanthaspis minutum Livingstone & Murugan, 1988
- Acanthaspis nigricans Ambrose, 1994
- Acanthaspis nigripes Livingstone & Murugan, 1988
- Acanthaspis obscura Stål, 1855
- Acanthaspis octoguttata Cao, Redei, Li & Cai, 2014[2]
- Acanthaspis pedestris Stål, 1863
- Acanthaspis pernobilis Reuter, 1881
- Acanthaspis petax Stål, 1865
- Acanthaspis philomanmariae Vennison & Ambrose, 1988
- Acanthaspis picta Hsiao, 1976
- Acanthaspis pustulata Stål, 1874
- Acanthaspis quinquespinosa (Fabricius, 1781)[3]
- Acanthaspis rama Distant, 1902
- Acanthaspis ruficeps Hsiao, 1976
- Acanthaspis rugulosa Stål, 1863
- Acanthaspis sexguttata (Fabricius, 1775)
- Acanthaspis siruvanii Livingstone & Murugan, 1988
- Acanthaspis siva Distant, 1902[4]
- Acanthaspis subrufa Distant, 1903
- Acanthaspis tavoyana Distant, 1903
- Acanthaspis tergeminia Burmeister, 1835
- Acanthaspis trimaculata Reuter, 1887
- Acanthaspis unifasciata (Wolff, 1804)
- Acanthaspis variegata Distant, 1874
- Acanthaspis westermanii Reuter, 1881
References
edit- ^ Thomas R. Odhiambo (December 1958). "Some Observations of the natural history of Acanthaspis petax Stal (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) living in termite mounds in Uganda". Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London A. 33 (10–12): 167–175. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3032.1958.tb00449.x.
- ^ a b Cao, Liangming; Rédei, Dávid; Li, Hu; Cai, Wanzhi (2014). "Revision of the genus Acanthaspis Amyot & Serville (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Reduviinae) from China, with new records of species to adjacent countries". Zootaxa. 3892 (1): 1–66. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3892.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
- ^ Sahayaraj, K. "Ecotypic variation in the biology of Acanthaspis quinquespinosa Fabricius 1781 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Reduviinae) from peninsular India" (PDF). Egyptian Journal of Biology. 9. Egyptian British Biological Society: Egyptian British Biological Society. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ^ Premila, K.S.; Devanesan, S.; Shailaja, K.K. (2013). "Reduviid bug Acanthaspis siva - a predator of honey bee and stingless bee in Kerala" (PDF). Insect Environment. 19 (3). Current Biotica: 197–199. ISSN 0973-4031. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.