Lophoscutus

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Lophoscutus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Reduviidae
Subfamily: Phymatinae
Tribe: Macrocephalini
Genus: Lophoscutus
Kormilev, 1951

Lophoscutus is a genus of ambush bugs in the family Reduviidae. There are more than 60 described species in Lophoscutus. [1] [2] [3]

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Species

These 61 species belong to the genus Lophoscutus:

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References

  1. "Lophoscutus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Lophoscutus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

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