title: Revision of the genus Acanthaspis Amyot & Serville (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Reduviinae) from China, with new records of species to adjacent countries.
abstract: The assassin bugs of the genus Acanthaspis Amyot & Serville (Reduviinae) from China are revised. Fourteen species are recognized, described or redescribed and illustrated. Three species, A. fulviconnexa, A. melanota, and A. octoguttata, are described as new to science. Acanthaspis subinermis Hsiao 1976 is synonymized with A. laoensis Distant 1919. A key for the identification of Chinese species of Acanthaspis is provided. The biology of A. cincticrus Stål is briefly noted. The following species are newly recorded from adjacent countries: A. collaris Hsiao from Laos and Thailand, A. geniculata Hsiao from Vietnam, A. picta Hsiao from Laos, Myanmar and Thailand, A. quinquespinosa (Fabricius) from Nepal, A. ruficeps Hsiao from Laos, Thailand and Vietnam, and A. laoensis Distant  from Thailand.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Yuanminyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, China The Key Laboratory of Forest Protection of China State Forestry Administration, Research Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Liangming
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, H-1088 Budapest, Baross u. 13., Hungary; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Dávid
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rédei
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Yuanminyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, China; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Hu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Yuanminyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, China; Email: caiwz@cau.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Wanzhi
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Cai
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D007812:Laos; D008297:Male; D002052:Myanmar; D009929:Organ Size; D020064:Reduviidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D013785:Thailand; D014744:Vietnam