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Harpactorini

Harpactorini is a tribe of the Harpactorinae. This group is the most diverse of the entire assassin bug family, with 51 genera recognized in the Neotropical Region and 289 genera and 2003 species overall.

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Harpactorini
Sinea diadema
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Reduviidae
Subfamily: Harpactorinae
Tribe: Harpactorini
Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
Sycanus species with caterpillar prey in India source ↗

Harpactorini is a tribe of the Harpactorinae (assassin bugs). This group is the most diverse of the entire assassin bug family, with 51 genera recognized in the Neotropical Region and 289 genera and 2003 species overall.1

This tribe contains the only genera of the reduviidae with exaggerated modifications of the pronotum, such as the wheel bug (Arilus) and the strongly raised and divided posterior pronotal lobe in Ulpius Stål, 1865.2

Genera

Other genera

Agrioclopius - Agriolestes - Agriosphodrus - Agyrius - Alcmenoides - Ambastus - Amphibolus - Analanca - Anyttus - Aphonocoris - Aprepolestes - Arcesius - Aristathlus - Aulacoclopius - Aulacosphodrus - Australcnema - Austrarcesius - Austrovelinus - Authenta - Baliemocoris - Bequaertidea - Bergrothellus - Bettotanocoris - Bewanicoris - Biasticus - Blapton - Bocatella - Brassivola - Breddinia - Bubiacoris - Bukacoris - Butuanocoris - Callanocoris - Callilestes - Callistodema - Campsolomus - Camptibia - Campylorhyncha - Carmenula - Catasphactes - Cerellius - Chaetacantha - Chondrolophus - Cidoria - Coliniella - Colpochilocoris - Coniophyrta - Coranopsis - Corcia - Corhinoris - Cosmolestes - Cosmosycanus - Debilia - Diarthrotarsus - Dinocleptes - Domnus - Dumbia - Ecelenodalus - Elemacoris - Elongicoris - Endochiella - Endochopsis - Endochus - Epidaucus - Erbessus - Euagoropsis - Eurocconota - Eurosomocoris - Floresocoris - Gattonocoris - Gminatellus - Gminatus - Gonteosphodrus - Gorareduvius - Graptocleptes - Graptoclopius - Graptolestes - Haematochares - Hagia - Hagiana - Haplolestes - Harpagocoris - Harrisocoris - Havinthus - Hediocoris - Helonotus - Heterocorideus - Hiranetis - Hoffmannocoris - Homalosphodrus - Hoplomargasus - Hoplopium - IgoraIocoris - Iquitozelus - Iranthoides - Ischnoclopius - Ischnolestes - Isocondylus - Isyndus - Ixopus - Jeanneliella - Kalabitocoris - Kalonotocoris - Kaniama - Keiserocoris - Kibatia - Kibonotocoris - Komodocoris - Lamottellus - Lamprosphodrus - Lanca - Leptolestes - Lerton - Lestonicoris - Lindus - Lingnania - Lissocleptes - Loboplusius - Lophocephala - Luja - Macracanthopsis - Mafulucoris - Makilingana - Maldonadocoris - Mametocoris - Margasus - Marjoriana - Massartia - Mastigonomus - Mastocoris - Mastostethocoris - Mecistocoris - Microcarenus - Mireella - Mireicoris - Mokoto - Montina - Moto - Motoperius - Mucrolicter - Myocoris - Nacorus - Nacurosana - Nagustoides - Nannotegea - Nanyukicoris - Narsetes - Neoarcesius - Neobiasticus - Neocydnocoris - Neohavinthus - Neonagusta - Neosphedanolestes - Neotropiconyttus - Neoveledella - Neovelinus - Neovillanovanus - Nesocastolus - Nicrus - Nothocleptes - Occamus - Odontogonus - Oedemanota - Palawanocoris - Paloptus - Paniaia - Pantoleistes - Paracydnocoris - Parahiranetis - Paralcnema - Paramphibolus - Parapeprius - Parasclomina - Paravadimon - Parendochus - Pareulyes - Parharpagocoris - Parhelonotus - Parirantha - Peprius - Perissorhynchus - Peyrierocoris - Pharagocoris - Phemius - Phonoctonus - Phonolibes - Piestolestes - Pirnonota - Pisilus - Platerus - Poecilobdallus - Poeciloclopius - Poecilosphodrus - Polididus - Pseudolopodes - Pseudolopodytes - Pseudophonoctonus - Pyrrhosphodrus - Rhapactor - Rhaphidosoma - Rhinocoroides - Sava - Saxitius - Scipinia - Sclomina - Scoloponotus - Serendiba - Serendibana - Serendus - Siamocoris - Sindala - Sosius - Sphodronyttus - Stachyomerus - Stalireduvius - Stehlikia - Tegea - Tegellula - Testusius - Thereutocoris - Thysanuchus - Tivanius - Toxocamptellus - Trachylestes

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External links

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