More Assassins on the Radar: As Many as 24 New Species of Assassin Bugs Described
Monday, July 11, 2016 - 13:31
in Biology & Nature
As many as 24 assassin bugs new to science were discovered and described by Dr. Guanyang Zhang and his colleagues. In their article, published in the open access Biodiversity Data Journal, they describe the new insects along with treating another 47 assassin bugs in the same genus. To do this, the scientists examined more than 10,000 specimens, coming from both museum collections and newly undertaken field trips.