Q. Myiophanes kempi, a slender-bodied assassin bug, was recently discovered in which region of India?
Answer: Andaman Islands
Notes: Researchers rediscovered Myiophanes kempi in limestone caves of the Andaman Islands after nearly 100 years. It is a slender-bodied assassin bug belonging to the Reduviidae. The species was first described in 1924 by British entomologist William Edward China. Earlier records of the species came from Siju Cave about a century ago. It is a specialised predator of subterranean cave ecosystems and completes its entire life cycle in darkness. The insect uses long raptorial forelegs to capture prey such as small arthropods living in cave environments.
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