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Heza

Heza is a genus of assassin bugs belonging to the family Reduviidae. Spedies of this genus are found in the Americas.

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Heza
Heza ephippium, Galápagos, Ecuador
Heza clavata, Dominican Republic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Reduviidae
Subfamily: Harpactorinae
Tribe: Harpactorini
Genus: Heza
Amyot & Serville, 1843

Heza is a genus of assassin bugs belonging to the family Reduviidae. Spedies of this genus are found in the Americas.123

Species

There are currently more than 30 described species that belong to the genus Heza:

  • Heza acantharis (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Heza angulifer Barber, 1939
  • Heza angustata Bruner, 1931
  • Heza aurantia Maldonado, 1976
  • Heza azteca Maldonado & Brailovsky, 1983
  • Heza bahamensis Maldonado, 1983
  • Heza binotata (Lepeletier & Serville, 1825)
  • Heza canizaresi Bruner, 1946
  • Heza clavata (Guérin-Méneville, 1857)
  • Heza cubana Grillo, 1989-01
  • Heza ephippium (Lichtenstein, 1797)
  • Heza ferox Stål, 1863
  • Heza funebris Maldonado, 1983
  • Heza fuscinervis Champion, 1899
  • Heza haitiana Maldonado, 1976
  • Heza havanensis Bruner, 1931
  • Heza insignis Stål, 1859
  • Heza jamaicensis (Distant, 1903)
  • Heza leucothorax Maldonado, 1976
  • Heza maldonadoi Bérenger, 2007-01
  • Heza multiannulata Stål, 1860
  • Heza multiguttata Champion, 1899
  • Heza ocellata Maldonado, 1976
  • Heza oculata Stål, 1859
  • Heza ondulata Maldonado, 1983
  • Heza ornata Maldonado, 1976
  • Heza perarmata (Kirby, 1901)
  • Heza polita Maldonado, 1976
  • Heza pulchripes Stål, 1859
  • Heza punctigera (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835)
  • Heza rubra Maldonado, 1976
  • Heza rubromarga Maldonado, 1976
  • Heza scutellata Maldonado, 1983
  • Heza sericans Stål, 1859
  • Heza signoreti (Fallou, 1887)
  • Heza similis Stal, 1859
  • Heza sphinx Stål, 1863
  • Heza ventralis Stål, 1872
References

References

  1. "Heza Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Heza". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
Further reading

Further reading

  • Péricart, J.; Golub, V. B. (1996). Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian (eds.). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 2: Cimicomorpha I. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-90-71912-15-3.
  • Schuh, Randall T.; Weirauch, Christiane; Wheeler, Ward C. (2009). "Phylogenetic relationships within the Cimicomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): a total-evidence analysis". Systematic Entomology. 34 (1): 15–48. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.498.8756. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00436.x.