| Proguithera | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Reduviidae |
| Tribe: | Leistarchini |
| Genus: | Proguithera Wygodzinsky, 1966 |
| Species [1] | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Proguithera is a genus of thread-legged bug in the Emesinae. [3] This genus forms a group with two other genera, Guithera and Lutevula . The relationship between the group is unclear at the moment. [3]
The Emesinae, or thread-legged bugs, are a subfamily of the Reduviidae. They are conspicuously different from the other reduviids by their very slender body form. They are stalking, predatory insects that can be collected on palm fronds, cliffs, spider webbing, or near lights at night. They walk on their mid and hind legs; the front pair is raptorial. Some groups specialize on spiders. Very little is known about emesines except that many species are found in the tropics. Pedro Wygodzinsky wrote the most recent revision of this group.
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