taxonID	type	description	language	source
DA5487D7FFBD0C29FEB0FE7D53230A31.taxon	description	(Figs. 1 – 6)	en	Truong, Xuan Lam, Zhao, Ping, Cai, Wanzhi (2006): Notes on the genus Astinus Stål (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) from Vietnam, with the description of the female of Astinus intermedius Miller. Zootaxa 1172 (1): 31-41, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1172.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1172.1.3
DA5487D7FFBD0C29FEB0FE7D53230A31.taxon	description	Description of female Coloration: Head, fore leg (including fore trochanter and coxae), rostrum (except apex of third segment), antenna, reddish yellow; apex of third rostral segments brown; eyes purplish red, ocelli light yellow; meso­ and metapleura, meso­ and metacoxae, scutellum (except two pale markings laterally), base of corium blackish brown; anterior pronotal lobe light yellowish brown to dark brown; elevations of posterior portion, lateral pronotal angles and middle longitudinal stripe on posterior half of posterior lobe darker; collar, two pale markings of scutellum laterally, prosternum, anterior margin of mesosternum, mid and hind legs (except coxae), hemelytra (except base of corium and wax patches), second connexival segment, most of third connexival segment, external angle of sixth connexival segment, most of seventh connexival segment, eighth connexival segment, middle of second and third abdominal sterna, posterior margin of seventh abdominal sternum, and genital segment light yellow; most of abdomen beneath (except light yellow part) piceous; pronotum, lateral sides of scutellum, pleuron, abdomen beneath, corium clothed with white wax patches of different sizes. Structure: Body oblong. Body clothed with pale short setae and vertical long setae, under surface of fore leg with dense short setae .. Head elongate, postocular portion about 1.5 times of anteocular portion; processes behind antennae short and conical; first antennal segment distinctly longer than third, fourth segment shortest; interocellar space longer than distance between ocellus and eye on each side; first rostral segment extending beyond posterior margin of eyes, thickest and longer than second and third segments combined. Collar process developed; pronotum wider than long; anterior pronotal lobe bulged and smooth, tuberculate process not developed (Fig. 2); posterior pronotal lobe about 2.5 times as wide as anterior lobe, large processes on disk ridgelike (Figs. 2, 3); lateral angles of pronotum acute and apex rounded, posterior margin slightly convex, posterior angles prominent (Figs. 1 – 3); scutellum shorter than wide, with V­shaped carina, apex tuberculate; hemelytra reaching abdominal tip. Abdomen moderately dilated laterally. Measurements: ♀, Body length 21.53; abdomen width 8.13. Head length 4.00; anteocular portion length 1.35, postocular portion length 1.90; synthlipsis length 0.78; interocellar space 0.41; length of antennal segments I – IV = 10.15, 3.73, 8.4, 3.68; length of rostral segments I – III = 2.48, 1.34, 0.76; anterior pronotal lobe length 1.60, posterior lobe length 3.07; thorax width 6.27; scutellum length 0.55; hemelytron length 14.00. Material examined 1 ♀, Vietnam, Phu Tho Province, Xuan Son National Park, 20. X. 2004, Xuan Lam Truong leg (IEBR). Distribution Borneo, Vietnam.	en	Truong, Xuan Lam, Zhao, Ping, Cai, Wanzhi (2006): Notes on the genus Astinus Stål (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) from Vietnam, with the description of the female of Astinus intermedius Miller. Zootaxa 1172 (1): 31-41, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1172.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1172.1.3
DA5487D7FFBA0C2CFEB0FEB853BD0CF2.taxon	description	(Figs. 7 – 22)	en	Truong, Xuan Lam, Zhao, Ping, Cai, Wanzhi (2006): Notes on the genus Astinus Stål (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) from Vietnam, with the description of the female of Astinus intermedius Miller. Zootaxa 1172 (1): 31-41, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1172.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1172.1.3
DA5487D7FFBA0C2CFEB0FEB853BD0CF2.taxon	description	Redescription Coloration: Body mostly orange to yellowish brown. Clavus, membrane light yellow and semitransparent; eyes purplish brown with irregular pale markings; ocelli light yellow; abdominal beneath with yellow to paler and black longitudinal strips in middle. Body clothed with white wax patches. Structure: Body oblong. Body clothed short setae and vertical long setae; first antennal segment and basal half of second segment with sparse oblique setae, apical half of second and two distal segments densely covered with oblique short setae; under surface of fore leg densely covered with short setae. Head elongate, postocular portion about 1.5 times of anteocular portion; processes behind antennae short, especially in female; first antennal segment longer than third, second segment slightly longer than fourth; interocellar space much longer than distance between ocellus and eye on each side; first rostral segment extending beyond level of ocelli, thickest and distinctly longer than second and third segments combined. Collar process developed, not bent; pronotum wider than long; anterior pronotal lobe bulging and smooth, tuberculate process developed (Figs. 9, 10); two processes on disk of posterior pronotal lobe ridge­shaped and slightly produced laterally (Figs. 7 – 11); lateral angle of pronotum sharp, lateroposterior margin convex; posterior angle prominent; scutellum about 2 times as wide as long; hemelytra extending slightly beyond abdominal tip. Apical segments of female as shown in Figs. 12, 13. Apical 2 / 5 of pygophore nearly triangular in ventral view (Figs. 14, 17), median process small with apex pointed downwards (Figs. 16, 17); paramere distinctly curved (Figs. 16 – 18). Basal plate of phallus thicker than plate bridge, pedicel short (Fig. 20); apical part of dorsal phallothecal sclerite slightly warped upward (Fig. 19); struts fused at basal 3 / 5 and separated apically (Fig. 21). Measurements [♂ (n = 4) / ♀ (n = 2)]: Body length 19.93 – 19.93 / 20.29 – 21.50, abdomen width 4.67 – 5.47 / 5.18 – 5.21. Head length 3.20 – 3.60 / 4.28 – 4.72; anteocular portion length 1.07 – 1.10 / 1.32 – 1.37, postocular portion length 1.48 – 1.86 / 1.86 – 1.97; synthlipsis length 0.69 – 0.76 / 0.76 – 0.81; interocellar space 0.55 – 0.41 / 0.45 – 0.52; length of antennal segments I – IV = 8.56 – 9.00 / 8.78 – 7.90, 3.46 – 3.51 / 3.51, 8.34 – 9.21 / 8.23, 2.10 – 2.74 / 3.40; length of rostral segments I – III = 2.31 – 2.24 / 2.42 – 2.52, 1.31 – 1.38 / 1.38 – 1.40, 0.66 – 0.72 / 0.72 – 0.76. Anterior pronotal lobe length 1.20 – 1.32 / 1.54 – 1.60, posterior lobe length 2.40 – 2.74 / 2.74 – 3.20; thorax width 4.67 – 5.65 / 5.81 – 6.13; scutellum length 0.52 – 0.62 / 0.69 – 0.7; hemelytron length 11.33 – 12.93 / 13.33 – 14.26. Material examined: 1 ♀, Vietnam, Lao Cai Province, Sapa, 1200 m, 7. X. 1995, S. Nomura leg (IEBR). 1 ♀, Vietnam, Mt. Tan Vien, 500 m, 16. X. 1995, S. Nomura leg (IE BR). 2 ♂, Vietnam, Phu Tho Province, Xuan Son National Park, 22. X. 2004, Xuan Lam Truong leg (IEBR). 2 ♂, Vietnam, Tay Ninh province, Lo Go National Park, 7. X. 2003, Xuan Lam Truong leg (CAU). Distribution: China, Vietnam.	en	Truong, Xuan Lam, Zhao, Ping, Cai, Wanzhi (2006): Notes on the genus Astinus Stål (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) from Vietnam, with the description of the female of Astinus intermedius Miller. Zootaxa 1172 (1): 31-41, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1172.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1172.1.3
