Harpactorinae

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Harpactorinae
Assassin bug (Rhynocoris iracundus) with bee (Apis ssp) prey.jpg
assassin bug ( Rhynocoris iracundus ) with bee prey
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Infraorder: Cimicomorpha
Family: Reduviidae
Subfamily: Harpactorinae
Amyot and Serville, 1843
Tribes & Genera

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The Harpactorinae are a large subfamily of the Reduviidae (assassin bugs). About 300 genera and 2,000 species worldwide have been described. [1] Some of the species of the genera Zelus , Pselliopus , Sinea , and Apiomerus are of interest as biological pest control agents. [2]

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Tribes and genera

The genera of six tribes include:

Apiomerini

Apiomerus spissipes Apiomeris spissipes.jpg
Apiomerus spissipes

New World resin bugs: auth. Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843

Diaspidiini

African resin bugs: auth. Miller, 1959

Dicrotelini

Asia, Australia; auth. Stål, 1859. Approximately 13 genera including:

Ectinoderini

Oriental resin bugs: auth. Stål, 1859

Ectinoderus sp. on Dipterocarpus gum Ectinoderus adult & nymph CTNP RBP.jpg
Ectinoderus sp. on Dipterocarpus gum

Harpactorini

Arilus cristatus: the "wheel bug" Wheel bug back.JPG
Arilus cristatus : the "wheel bug"
Rhynocoris rubricus Reduviidae - Rhynocoris rubricus-3.JPG
Rhynocoris rubricus

A partial list of genera in this tribe includes:

Rhaphidosomatini

(synonym: Rhaphidosomini Distant, 1904)

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Vibertiola cinerea

Other Tribes

Tegeini (sometimes placed as subfamily Tegeinae)

References

  1. Ping Zhao, Zhaohui Luo & Wanzhi Cai. "Iocoris nodulifemoralis, a new genus and new species of Harpactorinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from China" (PDF). Zootaxa: 10 Jun 2009.
  2. Weirauch, C. "Biological control in pest management system of plants". Archived from the original on March 10, 2010.