Centrocnemidinae

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Centrocnemidinae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Reduviidae
Subfamily: Centrocnemidinae
Miller, 1956

The Centrocnemidinae are a subfamily of the reduviid (assassin bugs), found exclusively on tree trunks, where their bodies camouflage well.[1] There are four genera with about 34 species described.[2]

Genera

References

  1. ^ Ishikawa Tadashi. "An Overview of Morphology, Taxonomy and Ecology of the Family Reduviidae (Insecta: Heteroptera), with a Brief Review of History of Taxonomic and Faunal Studies in Japan". Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology.
  2. ^ Xuan Lam Truong; Hu Li; Wanzhi Cai. "First record of the assassin bug subfamily Centrocnemidinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from Vietnam, with the description of a new species" (PDF). Zootaxa 2347: 64–68 (2010).