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Ploiaria cf. insolida(White, 1877)

Adult Female, pinned specimen: A - Lateral view B - Forewing.
This image was contributed by Yeo Huiqing as part of her undergraduate final year project in NUS.

H Yeo
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Identified By: WS Hwang & H Yeo

Basic Information

Classification:
Arthropoda: Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha: Reduviidae: Emesinae
Residency Status:
Native

Biology/Ecology

Identifying Features:
Body generally dark brown, without conspicous markings.
Fore femora with two rows of slender, spine-like setae.
Forewings infumate, the veins, and cells formed by veins suffused with black

Synonyms

Luteva insolida White, 1877
Luteva malayana Distant, 1903
Ploiaria (Ploiaria) uniformis McAtee & Malloch, 1926
Ploiaria collenetti Cheesman, 1927
Ploiaria selangorensis Miller, 1941
Ploiaria insolida Wygodzinsky & Usinger, 1960