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 | |
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Bactrodes spinulosus Stål, 1862 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Family: | Reduviidae |
Subfamily: | Bactrodinae Stål, 1866 |
List of genera
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- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.