Centrocnemidinae

Centrocnemidinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Superfamily:	Cimicomorpha
Family:	Reduviidae
Subfamily:	Centrocnemidinae; Miller, 1956

The Centrocnemidinae are a subfamily of the reduviid (assassin bugs), found exclusively on tree trunks, where their bodies camouflage well.^[1] There are four genera with about 34 species described.^[2]

Genera

Centrocnemis Signoret, 1852
Centrocnemoides Miller, 1956
Neocentrocnemis Miller, 1956
Paracentrocnemis Miller, 1956

References

↑ Ishikawa Tadashi. "An Overview of Morphology, Taxonomy and Ecology of the Family Reduviidae (Insecta: Heteroptera), with a Brief Review of History of Taxonomic and Faunal Studies in Japan". Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology.
↑ Xuan Lam Truong; Hu Li; Wanzhi Cai. "First record of the assassin bug subfamily Centrocnemidinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from Vietnam, with the description of a new species" (PDF). Zootaxa 2347: 64–68 (2010).

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[1] Ishikawa Tadashi. "An Overview of Morphology, Taxonomy and Ecology of the Family Reduviidae (Insecta: Heteroptera), with a Brief Review of History of Taxonomic and Faunal Studies in Japan". Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology.

[2] Xuan Lam Truong; Hu Li; Wanzhi Cai. "First record of the assassin bug subfamily Centrocnemidinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from Vietnam, with the description of a new species" (PDF). Zootaxa 2347: 64–68 (2010).