Oxythyreus

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Oxythyreus
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O. cylindricornis
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Reduviidae
Tribe: Macrocephalini
Genus: Oxythyreus
Westwood, 1841
Type species
Oxythyreus cylinricornis

Oxythyreus is a genus of ambush bugs. Species in this genus are known only from southern Africa.

Species include: [1]

References

  1. Doesburg, P.H. van; & D. Pluot-Sigwalt (2007). "Notes on Phymatinae (Insecta: Heteroptera: Reduviidae). The genus Oxythyreus Westwood, 1841". Zool. Med., Leiden. 81 (3): 85–99.