Amblythyreus

Amblythyreus
Amblythyreus cf. intermedius
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Reduviidae
Subfamily:	Phymatinae
Genus:	Amblythyreus Westwood, 1843 [1]

Amblythyreus is a genus of ambush bugs (Reduviidae: Phymatinae) found mainly in Asia with about 16 species. They are predators that lie in wait mainly in flowers, capturing prey using their forelegs. ^[2]

Species in the genus include: ^[3]

• Amblythyreus angustus
• Amblythyreus chapa
• Amblythyreus esakii
• Amblythyreus fasciatus
• Amblythyreus gestroi
• Amblythyreus intermedius
• Amblythyreus iranicus
• Amblythyreus izzardi
• Amblythyreus martini
• Amblythyreus oberthueri
• Amblythyreus potaninae
• Amblythyreus quadratus
• Amblythyreus rectus
• Amblythyreus rhombiventris
• Amblythyreus stali
• Amblythyreus taiwanus

References

1. Westwood, J. O. (2009). "III. Description of a new Sub-Genus of Exotic Hemipterous Insects". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 3: 28–31. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1841.tb03247.x.
2. Cui, J.; Cai, W.; Rabitsch, W. (2006). "The Ambush Bugs of China: Taxonomic Knowledge and Distribution Patterns (Heteroptera, Reduviidae, Phymatinae)" (PDF). Denisia. 19: 795–812.
3. Kormilev, Nicholas A. (1962). "Notes on Phymatidae in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.), (Hemiptera-Heteroptera)" . Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 5 (54): 349–367. doi:10.1080/00222936208651257. ISSN   0374-5481.