Castolus

For the town of ancient Lydia, see Castolus (Lydia).

Castolus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Reduviidae
Tribe:	Harpactorini
Genus:	Castolus Stål, 1858

Castolus is a genus of assassin bugs in the family Reduviidae. There are about 16 described species in Castolus. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

These 16 species belong to the genus Castolus:

• Castolus annulatus Maldonado & Brailovsky, 1992-01
• Castolus bicolor Maldonado, 1976
• Castolus bolivari Brailovsky, 1982
• Castolus ferox (Banks, 1910)
• Castolus fuscoapicatus (Stål, 1860)
• Castolus lineatus Maldonado, 1976
• Castolus multicinctus Stål, 1872
• Castolus nigriventris Breddin, 1904
• Castolus pallidus Maldonado, 1976
• Castolus pecus
• Castolus plagiaticollis Stål, 1858
• Castolus rufomarginatus Champion, 1899
• Castolus spissicornis (Stål, 1860)
• Castolus subinermis (Stål, 1862)
• Castolus tricolor Champion, 1899
• Castolus trinotatus (Stål, 1866)

References

1. "Castolus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Castolus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Castolus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading

• 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. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.498.8756 . doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00436.x.

External links

• Media related to Castolus at Wikimedia Commons