Harpactorini

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Kingdom Animalia Order Hemiptera Infraorder Cimicomorpha Higher classification Harpactorinae		Phylum Arthropoda Suborder Heteroptera Superfamily Reduvioidea Rank Tribe

Lower classifications Rhynocoris iracundus, Zalmoxis

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.

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.

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

Harpactorini Wikipedia

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