Epidaus is a genus of assassin bugs with about 25 species mainly distributed in the Oriental Realm with two species (E. nebulo and E. tuberosus) which extend into the Palearctic Realm. Most species have a long and narrow body with the pronotum having a posterior margin with raised corners and spiny outgrowths facing outwards. The head a tubercle behind the base of each of the two antennae.[1][2]

Epidaus
Epidaus conspersus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Reduviidae
Tribe: Harpactorini
Genus: Epidaus
Stål, 1859
Type species
Zelus transversus
Burmeister, 1835

Species included in the genus include:

References

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  1. ^ Zhang, Guanyang; Weirauch, Christiane (2014). "Molecular phylogeny of Harpactorini (Insecta: Reduviidae): Correlation of novel predation strategy with accelerated evolution of predatory leg morphology". Cladistics. 30 (4): 339–351. doi:10.1111/cla.12049.
  2. ^ Zhang, Wenjie; Zhao, Ping; Cao, Liangming; Cai, Wanzhi (2010). "Description of a new species of genus Epidaus Stål (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) from China, with a key to Chinese species". Zootaxa. 2517: 62. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2517.1.7.