The Bactrodinae are a small subfamily of the reduviid (assassin bugs). Only one genus and five species have been described to date, all from the Neotropical Region (South America).[1] These bugs are slender and long-legged, the first antennal segment is long and the eyes jut out. They also have ocelli placed on raised protrusions.[2]

Bactrodinae
Bactrodes spinulosus Stål, 1862
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Reduviidae
Subfamily: Bactrodinae
Stål, 1866

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References

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  1. ^ Dimitri Forero (2006). "New records of Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Colombia and other Neotropical countries" (PDF). Zootaxa 1107: 1–47 (2006). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-28.
  2. ^ a b Coscarón, María del Carmen; Melo, Maria Cecilia (2003). "Revision of the subfamily Bactrodinae (Heteroptera, Reduviidae),with a phylogenetic analysis of Bactrodes". Zootaxa. 304 (1). Magnolia Press, Auckland, New Zealand: 1–15. Retrieved 16 November 2014.