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Velinus

Velinus is a genus of Asian assassin bugs in the tribe Harpactorini; it was erected by Carl Stål in 1865. Species have been recorded from Madagascar, Japan, China, Indochina, Malesia and New Guinea.

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Velinus
Velinus nodipes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Reduviidae
Subfamily: Harpactorinae
Tribe: Harpactorini
Genus: Velinus
Stål, 1865

Velinus is a genus of Asian assassin bugs in the tribe Harpactorini; it was erected by Carl Stål in 1865.1 Species have been recorded from Madagascar, Japan, China, Indochina, Malesia and New Guinea.2

Species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility2 includes:

  1. Velinus annulatus Distant, 1879
  2. Velinus apicalis Hsiao, 1979
  3. Velinus castaneus Hsiao, 1979
  4. Velinus crassicrus Stål, 1874
  5. Velinus foersteri Breddin, 1903
  6. Velinus lobatus (Stål, 1863)
  7. Velinus malayus (Stål, 1863)
  8. Velinus marginatus Hsiao, 1979
  9. Velinus nigrigenu (Amyot & Serville, 1843)
  10. Velinus nigripes Distant, 1919
  11. Velinus nodipes (Uhler, 1860)
  12. Velinus pallidus Distant, 1903
  13. Velinus parvus Distant, 1903
  14. Velinus perfuga Bergroth, 1895
  15. Velinus rotifer Bergroth, 1895
  16. Velinus rufiventris Hsiao, 1979
References

References

  1. Stål C (1866) Hemiptera Africana. Volume 3. Norstedtiana, Stockholm. [1865] 200 pp.
  2. Global Biodiversity Information Facility: genus Velinus Stål, 1865 (retrieved 25 August 2024)
External links
  • Media related to Velinus at Wikimedia Commons