The first report of an assassin bug of the genus Ademula McAtee & Malloch (Reduviidae: Emesinae) from India and its rediscovery from Sri Lanka

Abstract

Emesine bug Ademula contaminata (Distant, 1903) is recorded from India for the first time and rediscovered from Sri Lanka. Details of its morphology, including the male genitalia, are presented along with images of the habitat. Images of living bugs in natural habitat are presented along with some comments on natural history of these bugs.