''Bagauda'' is a genus of thread-legged bug within the subfamily

Emesinae The Emesinae, or thread-legged bugs, are a subfamily of the Reduviidae (i.e., assassin bugs). They are conspicuously different from the other reduviids by their very slender body form. They are stalking, predatory insects that can be collected on ...

, consisting of about 20 known species. Many species in this genus are associated with caves, with some being exclusively cave-dwelling. ''Bagauda'' is synonymous with the genus ''Pleias'' Kirkaldy, 1901, but ''Bagauda'' has become more commonly used. The genus is restricted to the Old World tropics.

Species list

*'' Bagauda aelleni'' Villiers, 1970 *'' Bagauda atypicus Ghate, Boyane & Joshi, 2019 *'' Bagauda avidus'' Bergroth, 1903 *'' Bagauda brunneus'' McAtee and Malloch, 1926 *'' Bagauda cavernicola'' Paiva, 1919 *'' Bagauda creppei'' Lhoste, 1939 *'' Bagauda eriksoni'' Miller, 1954 *'' Bagauda ernstmayri'' Kulkarni and Ghate, 2016 *'' Bagauda furcosus'' Ribes, 1987 *'' Bagauda giganteus'' Lhoste, 1939 *'' Bagauda gilletti'' Miller, 1956 *'' Bagauda lucifugus'' McAtee and Malloch, 1926 *'' Bagauda monodi'' Villiers, 1972 *'' Bagauda ritsemae'' (Kirkaldy, 1901) *'' Bagauda similis'' Wygodzinsky, 1966 *'' Bagauda smithersi'' Wygodzinsky, 1966 *'' Bagauda splendens'' Distant, 1906 *'' Bagauda strinattii'' Villiers, 1970 *'' Bagauda tenebricola'' Horváth, 1910 *'' Bagauda wagneri'' Villiers, 1949 *'' Bagauda zetteli'' Rédei, 2005 *'' Bagauda zigzag'' Rédei and Tsai, 2010

References

Reduviidae Cimicomorpha genera Taxa named by Ernst Evald Bergroth Cave insects {{Reduviidae-stub