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Checklist for Family Reduviidae Latreille, 1807 (Assassin and thread-legged bugs)
and region Puerto Rico (Greater Antilles)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
352
2671
5038
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
351
2670
5037
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
343
2630
4959
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
86
537
1084
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
69
490
1016
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Reduvoidea
1
12
23
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyReduviidae
Latreille, 1807
Assassin and thread-legged bugs, Assassin Bug
12
23
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Puerto Rico
12 Genera with 23 Species
Emesa Dohrn, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Emesopsis Uhler, 18942SpeciesTaxom
Empicoris Wolff, 18884SpeciesTaxom
Extraneza Barber, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Ghilianella Spinola, 02SpeciesTaxom
Ghinallelia Wygodzinsky, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Heza Amyot & Serv..., 19762SpeciesTaxom
Lophoscutus Kormilev, 19623SpeciesTaxom
Phymata Latreille, 1803Ambush Bug1SpeciesTaxom
Ploiaria Scopoli, 19483SpeciesTaxom
Rhodnius Stål, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Zelus Fabricius, 19872SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Puerto Rico
23 Species
Emesa tenerrima Dohrn, 1860
Emesopsis nubila Uhler, 1893Thread-legged bug
Emesopsis nubilus (Uhler, 1894)⇒ Emesopsis nubila Uhler, 1893
Empicoris armatus Champion, 1898
Empicoris barberi McAtee & Mal..., 1923
Empicoris nudus McAtee & Mal..., 1925Big western bittercress
Empicoris rubromaculatus Blackburn, 1888Thread bug
Extraneza nasuta Barber, 1939
Ghilianella borincana
Ghilianella monense
Ghinallelia borincana Maldonado, 1939
Heza angulifer Barber, 1939
Heza ornata Maladonado, 1976
Lophoscutus rideri Kormilev, 1988
Lophoscutus spiculissimus Barber, 1939
Lophoscutus subproductus Kormilev, 1962
Phymata marginata Fabricius, 1803
Ploiaria maria Maldonado, 1948
Ploiaria poncei Maldonado, 1948
Ploiaria yunquensis Maldonado, 1948
Rhodnius prolixus Stål, 1859Kissing bug
Zelus (Zelus) longipes Linnaeus, 1767Milkweed Assassin Bug
Zelus puertoricensis Hart, 1987

Subnodes of Reduviidae with occurrences in Puerto Rico
SubfamilyEmesinae
Amyot & Serville, 1843
Thread-legged bugs
6
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHarpactorinae
Amyot & Serville, 1843
Assassin bugs
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPhymatinae
Laporte, 1832
Ambush bugs
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTriatominae
Jeannel, 1919
Assassin bugs, Conenose bugs, Kissing bugs, Triatomines
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



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