Species list, Checklist of Family Reduviidae (Assassin and thread-legged bugs) for Nigeria (West Africa)

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Checklist for Family Reduviidae Latreille, 1807 (Assassin and thread-legged bugs)
and region Nigeria (West Africa)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	388 4495 12408	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	385 4491 12404	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	368 4385 12052	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Paraneoptera Martynov, 1923	89 591 1160	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Hemiptera Linnaeus, 1758 Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs	67 526 1071	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Reduvoidea	1 2 3	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Reduviidae Latreille, 1807 Assassin and thread-legged bugs, Assassin Bug	2 3	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Nigeria
2 Genera with 3 Species

Platymeris Laporte, 1859		2	Species	Taxom
Reduvius Fabricius, 1955		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Nigeria
3 Species

Platymeris biguttatus Linnaeus, 1767	Two-spotted Assassin Bug
Platymeris guttatipennis Stål, 1859
Reduvius lloydi Miller, 1955

Subnodes of Reduviidae with occurrences in Nigeria

Subfamily

Reduviinae
Latreille, 1807

2
3

Genera
Species

Reduviidae (Latreille 1807)

Reduviidae (Latreille 1807)

Links, sources and further information

Reduviidae at artfakta.se
Reduviidae at dyntaxa.se
Reduviidae at gbif.org
Reduviidae at irmng.org
Reduviidae at itis.gov