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Irantha

Irantha is a small and little-known genus of assassin bug family (Reduviidae), in the subfamily Harpactorinae. Just four species have been described.

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Reduviidae
Tribe: Harpactorini
Genus: Irantha
Stål, 1861
Species
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Irantha is a small and little-known genus of assassin bug family (Reduviidae), in the subfamily Harpactorinae.1 Just four species have been described.

Species list

  • Irantha armipes (Stål, 1855)
  • Irantha bramarbas Breddin, 1903
  • Irantha consobrina Distant, 1904
  • Irantha nigrina Chen, Zhao & Cai, 2005
References

References

  1. Chen, Wei; Zhao, Ping; Cai, Wanzhi. "The Discovery of the Genus Irantha Stål, 1861 (heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) from China, with the Description of a New Species". Annales Zoologici, Volume 55, Number 1, March 2005, pp. 107-109(3).