Confirmed occurrence of <em>Ploiaria domestica</em> (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) in Cyprus

Michael Hadjiconstantis; Leonidas-Romanos Davranoglou

Authors

Michael Hadjiconstantis Association for the Protection of Natural Heritage and Biodiversity of Cyprus, Kastellorizou 4, Lakatamia, 2314 Nicosia, Cyprus. E-mail: mikehadji@outlook.com https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1460-8554
Leonidas-Romanos Davranoglou Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, OX1 3PS, UK. E-mail: leonidas-romanos.davranoglou@queens.ox.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3447-4242

Keywords:

Heteroptera, Reduviidae, Emesinae, thread-legged bugs, invasive species, peridomestic, synanthropic, Cyprus, Levant, Mediterranean, Palaearctic

Abstract

The presence of Ploiaria domestica Scopoli, 1786 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) in Cyprus was considered doubtful. Hereby we report the first confirmed occurrence of this species in the island. Images of a living specimen and diagnostic characters for recognition of this species are provided. Whether this species has a native population in this island remains to be found.

Cite as: Hadjiconstantis, M. & Davranoglou, L.-R. 2018. Confirmed occurrence of Ploiaria domestica (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) in Cyprus. Israel Journal of Entomology 48 (1): 63–67.

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1299614

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