Brachysteles

Brachysteles
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Anthocoridae
Tribe:	Cardiastethini
Genus:	Brachysteles Mulsant & Rey, 1852

Brachysteles is a genus of minute pirate bugs in the family Lyctocoridae. There are at least three described species in Brachysteles. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

These three species belong to the genus Brachysteles:

• Brachysteles espagnoli Ribes, 1984 ^g
• Brachysteles parvicornis (Costa, 1847) ^{i c g b}
• Brachysteles wollastoni Buchanan White, 1879 ^g

Data sources: i = ITIS, ^[1] c = Catalogue of Life, ^[2] g = GBIF, ^[3] b = Bugguide.net ^[4]

References

1. "Brachysteles Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
2. "Browse Brachysteles". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
3. "Brachysteles". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
4. "Brachysteles Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-26.

Further reading

• Lattin, John D. (1993). "Brachysteles parvicornus (Costa), an Anthocoridae new to Canada (Hemiptera: Heteroptera)". The Canadian Entomologist. 125 (5): 965–966. doi:10.4039/Ent125965-5. S2CID   83863755.
• Péricart, J.; Golub, V. B. (1996). Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian (eds.). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 2: Cimicomorpha I. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN   978-90-71912-15-3.
• Schuh, Randall T.; Weirauch, Christiane; Wheeler, Ward C. (2009). "Phylogenetic relationships within the Cimicomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): a total-evidence analysis". Systematic Entomology. 34 (1): 15–48. Bibcode:2009SysEn..34...15S. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.498.8756 . doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00436.x. S2CID   85422423.