Harpactorini

Harpactorini
Arilus cristatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Infraorder: Cimicomorpha
Superfamily: Reduvioidea
Family: Reduviidae
Subfamily: Harpactorinae
Tribe: Harpactorini

Harpactorini is a tribe of the Harpactorinae (assassin bugs). This group is the most diverse of the entire assassin bug family, with 51 genera recognized in the Neotropical Region and 289 genera and 2003 species overall.[1]

This tribe contains the only genera of the reduviidae with exaggerated modifications of the pronotum, such as the wheel bug (arilus) and the strongly raised and divided posterior pronotal lobe in Ulpius Stål, 1865.[2]

Partial list of genera

  • Abelamocoris Miller, 1958
  • Acanthischium Amyot & Serville, 1843
  • Atopozelus Elkins, 1954
  • Arilus Hahn, 1831
  • Coilopus Elkins, 1969
  • Cosmoclopius Stål, 1866
  • Fitchia Stål, 1859
  • Notocyrtus Burmeister, 1835
  • Harpactor Erichson, 1848
  • Orbella Fabricius, 1787
  • Ploeogaster Amyot & Serville, 1843
  • Polymazus Gerstaecker, 1892
  • Pristhesancus Amyot & Serville, 1843
  • Protenthocoris Miller, 1959
  • Pselliopus Bergroth, 1905
  • Repipta Stål, 1859
  • Rhinocoroides Miller, 1953
  • Rhynocoris Hahn, 1833
  • Tunes Stål, 1866
  • Ulpius Stål, 1865
  • Undiareduvius Malipatil, 1991
  • Vachiria Stål, 1859
  • Vadimon Stål, 1859
  • Varelia Kirkaldy, 1910
  • Vatinius Stål, 1865
  • Veledella Bergroth, 1894
  • Velinus Stål, 1865
  • Vesbius Stål, 1865
  • Vestula Stål, 1865
  • Vesulus Stål, 1865
  • Villanovanus Distant, 1904
  • Villiersiana Putshkov, 1985
  • Vitumnus Stål, 1865
  • Xystonyttus Kirkaldy, 1909
  • Yolinus Amyot & Serville, 1843
  • Zalmoxis Stål, 1865
  • Zavattariocoris Miller, 1954
  • Zelus Fabricus, 1803
  • Zostus Stål, 1874

References

  1. ↑ Helcio R. Gil-Santana and Dimitri Forero. "A new species of Notocyrtus, a new synonym of Coilopus, and new records and notes on other Harpactorini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) from South America" (PDF). Zootaxa 2148: 55–67 (2009).
  2. ↑ Heteropteran Systematics Lab @ UCR. "Genus-level Phylogeny of Harpactorini (Reduviidae: Harpactorinae)". Heteropteran Systematics Lab @ UCR.


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