Peiratinae

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Peiratinae
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Peirates stridulus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Reduviidae
Subfamily: Peiratinae
Amyot and Serville, 1843

The Peiratinae are a subfamily of assassin bugs (Reduviidae) known as corsairs. The subfamily has a worldwide distribution, but is concentrated in tropical areas. [1] About 30 genera with 350 species are described.

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Peirates Serville sensu stricto is one of the largest genera of Peiratinae with about 40 valid species worldwide, mainly distributed in the Oriental, Palearctic and Ethiopian regions. After 1831, the subfamily changed many times as new species were being discovered. The Peirates Serville sensu stricto is the one of the 40 that has been identified to have a very different biology. Of the 30-40 known genera, Sirthenea is found on all continents. [2]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ectrichodiinae</span> Subfamily of true bugs

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<i>Sphedanolestes</i> Genus of true bugs

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Saicinae is a subfamily of the family Reduviidae, or the assassin bugs.

<i>Acanthaspis</i> Genus of true bugs

Acanthaspis Amyot & Serville, 1843, is a genus of assassin bugs. Members of the genus are known to disguise themselves by attaching bits of debris to aid in camouflage.

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<i>Epidaus</i> Genus of true bugs

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Salyavatinae are a subfamily of the assassin bugs. They have a pan-tropical distribution with about 16 genera. They have two foretarsal segments and have a patch of fine hairs known as the fossula spongiosa on the fore and mid tibia. Many species tend to have spines on the head, pronotum, legs and abdomen. A few species have the foretibia flattened into leaf-like structures.

<i>Rihirbus</i> Genus of assassin bugs

Rihirbus is a genus of assassin bug from the tropical parts of the Oriental region. They belong to the Harpactorinae and the genus is unique in having the fore tibiae with incurved tips and the apex having a long tooth. They show sexual dimorphism and are polymorphic making their identification to species complicated. Females are larger and wider. R. trochantericus takes about 49 days to develop from egg to adult in southern India.

References

  1. 1 2 Willemse, Luc (1985). "A taxonomic revision of the New World species of Sirthenea". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 215: 1–67.
  2. Zhao, Guangyu; Li, Hu; Zhao, Ping; Cai, Wanzhi (17 February 2015). "Comparative Mitogenomics of the Assassin Bug Genus Peirates (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Peiratinae) Reveal Conserved Mitochondrial Genome Organization of P. atromaculatus, P. fulvescens and P. turpis". PLOS ONE. 10 (2): e0117862. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1017862Z. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117862 . PMC   4331094 . PMID   25689825.

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