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Checklist for Family Reduviidae Latreille, 1807 (Assassin and thread-legged bugs)
and region Republic South Africa (Southern Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
747
14606
54854
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
743
14574
54738
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
709
14348
54057
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
157
1887
4390
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
120
1665
3954
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Reduvoidea
1
92
178
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyReduviidae
Latreille, 1807
Assassin and thread-legged bugs, Assassin Bug
92
178
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Republic South Africa
92 Genera with 178 Species
#ABCDEGHLMNOPRSTVZ
Acanthaspis Amyot & Serv..., 18553SpeciesTaxom
Androclus Stål, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Apronius Stål, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Baebius Stål, 18742SpeciesTaxom
Barce Stål, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Bequaertidea Schouteden, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Blapton Spinola, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Callilestes Stål, 19501SpeciesTaxom
Canthesancus Amyot & Serv..., 01SpeciesTaxom
Caridomma Bergroth, 1894
0SpeciesTaxom
Caunus Stål, 18822SpeciesTaxom
Cerilocus Stål, 1858
0SpeciesTaxom
Cethera Amyot & Serv..., 18371SpeciesTaxom
Cimbus Hahn, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Cleptria Stål, 18564SpeciesTaxom
Coranopsis Horváth, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Coranus Curtis, 19508SpeciesTaxom
Cosmolestes Stål, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Cyclopocoris Miller, 1950
0SpeciesTaxom
Domnus Stål, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Ectomocoris Mayr, 19562SpeciesTaxom
Ectrichodia Lepeletier &..., 17832SpeciesTaxom
Edocla Stål, 18594SpeciesTaxom
Edoclella Miller, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Emesa Dohrn, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Empicoris Wolff, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Eurymnus Bergroth, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Gallienius Villiers, 19481SpeciesTaxom
Glymmatophora Stål, 19569SpeciesTaxom
Gnistus Stål, 19113SpeciesTaxom
Haematochares Stål, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Haematorrhophus Stål, 1874
0SpeciesTaxom
Harpactor Erichson, 1848
0SpeciesTaxom
Harpagocoris Stål, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Hoffmannocoris China, 1940
0SpeciesTaxom
Holoptiloides Miller, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Holoptilus Lepeletier &..., 18653SpeciesTaxom
Holotrichius Burmeister, 19112SpeciesTaxom
Leptodema Carlini, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Lerton Schouteden, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Lestomerus Amyot & Serv..., 18531SpeciesTaxom
Lhostella Villiers, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Lisarda Stål, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Lopodytes Stal, 1956Grass Assassin bugs2SpeciesTaxom
Maraenaspis Karsch, 1892
0SpeciesTaxom
Mardania Stål, 18554SpeciesTaxom
Nagusta Stål, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Narina Distant, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Neotrichedocla Villiers, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Odontogonus Bergroth, 18652SpeciesTaxom
Oncocephalus Klug, 187512SpeciesTaxom
Opishoplatys Westwood, 01SpeciesTaxom
Pakesia Miller, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Pantoleistes Stål, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Parabotha Kormilev, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Paracaunus Miller, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Peirates Serville, 18814SpeciesTaxom
Petalocheirus Palisot de B..., 1805
0SpeciesTaxom
Philodoxus Horváth, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Phonergates Stål, 18553SpeciesTaxom
Phonoctonus Stal, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Phonolibes Stål, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Platychiria Herrich-Scha..., 18531SpeciesTaxom
Platymeris Laporte, 18732SpeciesTaxom
Ploiaria Scopoli, 19585SpeciesTaxom
Polididus Stål, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Polytoxus Spinola, 1850
0SpeciesTaxom
Pothea Amyot & Serv..., 1843
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudophonoctonus Schouteden, 19033SpeciesTaxom
Ptilocerus Gray, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Reduvius Fabricius, 183713SpeciesTaxom
Rhaphidosoma Amyot & Serv..., 19144SpeciesTaxom
Rhinocoris Hahn, 1834
0SpeciesTaxom
Rhynocoris Hahn, 183716SpeciesTaxom
Rudebeckocoris Miller, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Saica Amyot and Se..., 18621SpeciesTaxom
Santosia Stål, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Sastrapada Amyot & Serv..., 19502SpeciesTaxom
Sirthenea Spinola, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Sphagiastes Stål, 1853
0SpeciesTaxom
Sphedanolestes Stal, 19565SpeciesTaxom
Stenolemus Signoret, 18461SpeciesTaxom
Thodelmus Stål, 18031SpeciesTaxom
Timotheus Distant, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Tinna Dohrn, 19583SpeciesTaxom
Tribelocephala Stål, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Vadimon Stål, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Varus Stål, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Vatinius Stål, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Vesbius Stål, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Vitumnus Stål, 19481SpeciesTaxom
Zamolxis Stål, 18371SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Republic South Africa
178 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acanthaspis berensbergi Schouteden, 1909
Acanthaspis obscura Stål, 1855Springfishes
Acanthaspis ochracea Stål, 1855Springfishes
Androclus pictus Herrich-Scha..., 1848
Apronius rapax Stål, 1866
Baebius caffer Stål, 1855
Baebius denticulatus Stål, 1874
Barce fraterna Say, 1832
Bequaertidea horrida Hesse, 1935
Blapton ramentaceus Germar, 1837
Callilestes gracilis Miller, 1950Oregon princesplume
Canthesancus gulo oncocephalus
Caunus capensis Stål, 1855
Caunus dolichomerus Reuter, 1882Jawleaf lupine
Cethera musiva Germar, 1837
Cimbus signatus Schoenherr, 1848
Cleptria cinctiventris Stål, 1855Springfishes
Cleptria marginipennis Stål, 1855Springfishes
Cleptria miles Germar, 1837
Cleptria rufipes Stål, 1856
Coranopsis vittata Horváth, 1892
Coranus callosus Stål, 1874
Coranus carbonarius Stål, 1855
Coranus nigerrimus Miller, 1956
Coranus oblongiceps Stål, 1865
Coranus papillosus Thunberg, 1822Livid macron
Coranus pullus Stål, 1855
Coranus sordidus Miller, 1956
Coranus villosus Miller, 1950Oregon princesplume
Cosmolestes pictus Klug, 1830
Domnus dimidiatus Stål, 1855
Ectomocoris (Ectomocoris) quadrimaculatus Serville, 1831
Ectomocoris gratiosus Miller, 1956
Ectrichodia bigemmis Stål, 1855
Ectrichodia crux Thunberg, 1783
Edocla bisbisignata Stål, 1859
Edocla inermiceps Miller, 1956
Edocla quadrimaculata Reuter, 1881Panamint Mountain lupine
Edocla vittipennis Stål, 1859
Edoclella exigua Miller, 1956
Emesa wahlbergi Stål, 1855
Empicoris rubromaculatus Blackburn, 1888Thread bug
Eurymnus insignis Distant, 1911
Gallienius bipunctatus Villiers, 1948
Glymmatophora aeniceps Horváth, 1914
Glymmatophora angulata Miller, 1956
Glymmatophora natalensis Stål, 1855
Glymmatophora patricia Stål, 1855
Glymmatophora pellax Horváth, 1914
Glymmatophora rubripes Stål, 1855
Glymmatophora semirubra Horváth, 1914
Glymmatophora submetallica Stål, 1855Springfishes
Glymmatophora viridescens Miller, 1956
Gnistus flavomarginatus Distant, 1911
Gnistus fuscoirroratus Stål, 1855
Gnistus luteipennis Distant, 1911
Haematochares obscuripennis Stål, 1855Springfishes
Harpagocoris nigronitens Stål, 1855Springfishes
Holoptiloides adusta Miller, 1956
Holoptilus lupus Wallengren, 1875
Holoptilus nebulosus Stål, 1865
Holoptilus vulpes Stål, 1865
Holotrichius karoanus Hesse, 1935
Holotrichius segmentarius Distant, 1911
Leptodema acanthocephala De Carlini, 1892
Lerton pilipes Stål, 1855
Lestomerus aeneicollis Schaum, 1853Harlequin pipefish
Lhostella congoensis Lhoste, 1939
Lisarda coenosa Stål, 1855
Lopodytes grassator Stål, 1853Springfishes
Lopodytes transvaalensis Miller, 1956
Mardania arcuata Villiers, 1967
Mardania bicolorata Stål, 1855
Mardania pictifrons Stål, 1874
Mardania rubricosa Stål, 1855
Nagusta pretoriae Miller, 1956
Narina capensis Distant, 1906
Neotrichedocla quadrisignata Stål, 1855
Odontogonus pallidus Stål, 1855
Odontogonus pudens Stål, 1865
Oncocephalus annulipes Stål, 1855Springfishes
Oncocephalus armipes Herrich-Scha..., 1853
Oncocephalus asiranus Miller, 1954
Oncocephalus clavipes Hesse, 1925
Oncocephalus cliens Miller, 1956
Oncocephalus felix Miller, 1956
Oncocephalus geniculatus Stål, 1872
Oncocephalus lutulentus Miller, 1956
Oncocephalus pusillus Miller, 1956
Oncocephalus regulus Miller, 1956
Oncocephalus sordidus Stål, 1855Springfishes
Oncocephalus stalii Wallengren, 1875
Opishoplatys tribelocephala
Pakesia taeniata Miller, 1952
Pantoleistes princeps Stål, 1855Springfishes
Parabotha whitheadi Kormilev, 1984
Paracaunus vittatus Miller, 1956
Peirates (Cleptocoris) aurigans Distant, 1902
Peirates (Cleptocoris) balteatus Germar, 1837
Peirates (Cleptocoris) maurus Stål, 1855Springfishes
Peirates nitidicollis Reuter, 1881Panamint Mountain lupine
Philodoxus principalis Distant, 1903
Phonergates basilicus Stål, 1855
Phonergates bicoloripes Stål, 1855Springfishes
Phonergates limbiventris Stål, 1855
Phonoctonus fasciatus De Beauvois, 1805
Phonolibes venustus Stål, 1854
Platychiria umbrosa Herrich-Scha..., 1853
Platymeris guttatipennis Stål, 1859
Platymeris rhadamanthus Gerstaecker, 1873Red spot assassin bug
Ploiaria brincki Wygodzinsky, 1958Bridges' gilia
Ploiaria capeneri Wygodzinsky, 1952
Ploiaria ellenbergeri Villiers, 1948
Ploiaria icela Wygodzinsky, 1958Bridges' gilia
Ploiaria moshesh Wygodzinsky, 1958Bridges' gilia
Polididus armatissimus Stål, 1859Assassin bug
Polididus spinosissimus Stål, 1858
Pseudophonoctonus formosus Distant, 1902
Pseudophonoctonus neavei Miller, 1950Oregon princesplume
Pseudophonoctonus paludatus Distant, 1903
Ptilocerus nebulosus Miller, 1940Alpine false candytuft
Reduvius elutus Miller, 1956
Reduvius gracilis Miller, 1955
Reduvius limbatus
Reduvius longipennis Miller, 1955
Reduvius nigricephalus Hesse, 1925
Reduvius ornatus
Reduvius pallens
Reduvius papillosus
Reduvius rudebecki Miller, 1956
Reduvius rufus
Reduvius scutellaris Thunberg, 1822
Reduvius semiflavus Walker, 1873Sidecluster milkweed
Reduvius tarsatus Germar, 1837
Rhaphidosoma ambulator Stål, 1855Springfishes
Rhaphidosoma circumvagans Stål, 1855Springfishes
Rhaphidosoma majus Germar, 1837
Rhaphidosoma simoni Jeannel, 1914
Rhynocoris (Rhynocoris) albopunctatus Stål, 1855
Rhynocoris (Rhynocoris) neavei Bergroth, 1912
Rhynocoris (Rhynocoris) segmentarius Germar, 1837
Rhynocoris albopilosus Signoret, 1858
Rhynocoris brincki Miller, 1956
Rhynocoris cinctorius Stål, 1874
Rhynocoris erythrocnemis Germar, 1837
Rhynocoris latro Stål, 1855
Rhynocoris lotus Miller, 1956
Rhynocoris pilipectus Hesse, 1925
Rhynocoris pulvisculatus Distant, 1892
Rhynocoris rudebecki Miller, 1956
Rhynocoris rufus Thunberg, 1822Livid macron
Rhynocoris tristis Stål, 1855
Rhynocoris violentus Germar, 1837
Rhynocoris vulneratus Germar, 1837
Rudebeckocoris pretoriae Miller, 1956
Saica tibialis Stål, 1862
Santosia bidentula Germar, 1837
Sastrapada baerensprungi Stål, 1859
Sastrapada rhodesiensis Miller, 1950Oregon princesplume
Sirthenea (Sirthenea) africana Distant, 1903
Sphedanolestes fasciativentris Stål, 1855
Sphedanolestes nanus Stål, 1855
Sphedanolestes peltigerus Miller, 1956
Sphedanolestes personatus Miller, 1956
Sphedanolestes poecilus Miller, 1956
Stenolemus madagascariensis Westwood, 1846
Thodelmus quinquespinosus Fabricius, 1803
Timotheus peringueyi Distant, 1903
Tinna gracilis Stål, 1855
Tinna keiensis Wygodzinsky, 1958Bridges' gilia
Tinna picta Wygodzinsky, 1958Bridges' gilia
Tribelocephala boschjesmana Stål, 1855Springfishes
Vadimon bergrothi Montandon, 1892
Varus flavoannulatus Stål, 1855
Vatinius ochripes Stål, 1855
Vesbius sanguinosus Stål, 1874
Vitumnus scenicus Villiers, 1948
Zamolxis pallidiventris Germar, 1837

Subnodes of Reduviidae with occurrences in Republic South Africa
SubfamilyCetherinae
Jeannel, 1919
2
1
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEctrichodiinae
Amyot & Serville, 1843
10
19
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmesinae
Amyot & Serville, 1843
Thread-legged bugs
7
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHarpactorinae
Amyot & Serville, 1843
Assassin bugs
31
61
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHoloptilinae
Amyot & Serville, 1843
4
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPeiratinae
Amyot & Serville, 1843
Corsairs
5
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPhymatinae
Laporte, 1832
Ambush bugs
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyReduviinae
Latreille, 1807
14
38
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySaicinae
Stål, 1859
2
1
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySalyavatinae
Amyot & Serville, 1843
3
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyStenopodainae
Amyot & Serville, 1843
10
24
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTribelocephalinae
Stål, 1866
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Reduviidae (Latreille 1807)
Reduviidae (Latreille 1807)


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