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Vatinius

Vatinius is a genus of African assassin bugs, in the tribe Harpactorini, erected by Carl Stål in 1865.

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Vatinius
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Reduviidae
Tribe: Harpactorini
Genus: Vatinius
Stål, 1865
Species
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Vatinius is a genus of African assassin bugs (family Reduviidae), in the tribe Harpactorini,1 erected by Carl Stål in 1865.2

Species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility3 includes:

  1. Vatinius basilewskyi Villiers, 1962
  2. Vatinius desaegeri Schouteden, 1952
  3. Vatinius gouini Villiers, 1955
  4. Vatinius kivuensis Schouteden, 1952
  5. Vatinius ochropus (Stål, 1855)
  6. Vatinius overlaeti Schouteden, 1932
  7. Vatinius rhodesianus (Miller, 1950)
  8. Vatinius usambarensis Schouteden, 1932
References

References

  1. Biolib - Vatinius
  2. Stål C (1866). Hemiptera Africana. Volume 3. Norstedtiana, Stockholm. 200 pp.
  3. Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Vatinius Stål, 1865 (retrieved 20 May 2025)