Sphedanolestes
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| Sphedanolestes cingulatus | |
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| Genus: | Sphedanolestes Stal, 1866
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Sphedanolestes is a large genus of assassin bugs in the family (Reduviidae), subfamily Harpactorinae.[1] There are currently 173 described species,[2] most of which are found in East Africa and Asia.[3]
Partial list of Species
- Sphedanolestes annulatus Linnavuori, 1961
- Sphedanolestes aurescens Distant, 1919
- Sphedanolestes cingulatus (Fieber, 1864)
- Sphedanolestes himalayensis Distant, 1909
- Sphedanolestes rubripes
- Sphedanolestes sanguineus (Fabricius, 1794)
- Sphedanolestes xiongi
References
- ^ Dunston Ambrose (2006). "A checklist of Indian assassin bugs (Insect: Hempitera: Reduviidae) with taxonomic status, distribution and diagnostic morphological characteristics" (PDF). Zoos' Print Journal. 21 (9): 2406.
- ^ Maldonado-Capriles, J., 1990. Systematic Catalogue of the Reduviidae of the World (Insecta: Heteroptera). A special edition of Caribbean Journal of Science, Puerto Rico. 694 pp.
- ^ Wanzhi Cai, Xinyan Cai and Yunzhen Wang (2004). "Notes of the genus Sphedanolestes Stal (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) from China, with the description of the three new species" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 52 (2): 379–388.
- Das, S. Sam Manohar, Krishnan, S.Sivarama, Jebasingh V., and Ambrose, Dunston P. Redscription, postembryonic development and behaviour of a Harpacorine assassin bug. Sphedanolestes himalayensis Distant (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) Entomologia Croatica 2008, Vol. 12. Num. 1: 37-54
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