''Acanthaspis pedestris'' is a species of

assassin bug The Reduviidae is a large cosmopolitan family of the suborder Heteroptera of the order Hemiptera (true bugs). Among the Hemiptera and together with the Nabidae almost all species are terrestrial ambush predators; most other predatory Hemiptera ...

that functions as a beneficial insect in agricultural systems.

References

Reduviidae Insects described in 1863 Insects of Asia {{reduviidae-stub