First record of the thread-legged assassin bug Myiophanes greeni Distant, 1903 (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) from India.
BACKGROUND
While surveying bugs and spiders in the caves of Satara District, Maharashtra, one of us (SK) collected a thread-legged bug associated with a spider web.


CONCLUSIONS
A Sri Lankan Emesinae bug, Myiophanes greeni Distant (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) is reported for the first time from India. The species is redescribed with several illustrations including male genitalia.
Hemi Terrace Bldg, Near Ellora Palace, Balajinagar, Pune, India.
Siddharth
S
Kulkarni
Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Shivajinagar, Pune, India.
Hemant
H
Ghate
India.; Reduviidae; new record; thread-legged bug