author(s)
Kailash Chandra, Sandeep Kushwaha, B. Biswas, Paramita Mukherjee

abstract
The paper deals with the study of 53 species of assassin bugs belonging to 29 genera under the 7 subfamilies of Reduviidae from Madhya Pradesh, subfamily Harpactorinae was dominant with 14 species while subfamily Salyavatinae with only one species. Subfamily Peiratinae and Reduviinae following the Harpactorinae with 13 species in each. Of these 29 species are new additions to the fauna of state.