Systematic Study On Reduviidae (Heteroptera) From Guangxi

A systematic study on the family Reduviidae (Heteroptera) from China`s Guangxi Autonomous region was recently made. The results were studied at China Agricultural University from specimens examined in Guangxi and reference checklist of reduviid specimens from China Agricultural University, Beijing (CAU).The Reduviidae family is a large member in Heteroptera. Most Reduviidae members are good at protecting ecological and agricultural systems. So it is very important to study the taxonomy of Guangxi`s Reduviidae.The family Reduviidae consists of more than 7500 species worldwide ((Distant, 1904a,b; Costa Lima et all,1951;Miller,1956;Hsiao & Ren, 1981; Putshkov & Putshkov, 1985, Maldonado-Capriles, 1990), and recently, some new genera and species have been acknowledged (Cai, 1995, Tomoduni & Cai, 2002, 2004). 114 species of this family were recogized before this study (Li,1990). Very few people have made a systematic study on the family Reduviidae (Heteroptera) from Guangxi since.In this paper, the history of China and the world`s Reduviidae taxonomy is introduced, the morphology of Reduviidae specimens are described, and the biology of Reduviidae is summarized. We also analyzed the distribution of Guangxi`s Reduviidae. The result of the distribution analysis is documented in the statistical charts. 162 species of 74 genera belonging to Reduviidae (Heteroptera) from Guangxi are recognized. Among them, 3 new Chinese species, along with 5 new genera and 6 species newly recorded from Guangxi are described. Keys to 74 genera and keys to 162 species belong to Reduviidae from Guangxi have provided for the first time. 96 colour pictures are shown in this study.