Ploiaria, Scopoli, 1786

Pansare, Pratik P., Ghate, Hemant V. & Webb, Mick, 2018, Redescription of the thread-legged assassin bug Ploiaria anak (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) from India, with notes on its biology, Zootaxa 4388 (4), pp. 557-566 : 558

Key to species of Ploiaria from India

Note: P. soudanica is omitted from the key due to the uncertainty of the identification from India (see generic Remarks).

1. Trochanter of foreleg unarmed or with spiniform setae inserted on indistinct tubercle, length 5 mm ..................................................................................................... P. raviaspinosa nom. nov

- Trochanter of foreleg with spiniform setae inserted on distinctly elevated base or ventral projection ( Fig. 11 ), length about 9.5 mm ...................................................................................... P. anak Distant

Figures

FIGURES 8–12. Ploiaria anak Distant, 1909, from Daund, Pune; SEM micrographs. Fig. 8, head, lateral view; Fig. 9, meso- and metanota; Fig. 10, same, higher magnification; Fig. 11, fore legs; Figs. 12, elevated spiracle (marked with red arrow)