Lenaeus (bug)

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Lenaeus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Reduviidae
Subfamily: Reduviinae
Genus: Lenaeus
Stål, 1859

Lenaeus is a genus of assassin bugs.

Partial list of species

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References

  1. Stål, Carl (1859). "Till kännedom om Reduvini". Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar. 6 (4): 187.