Oxythyreus is a genus of ambush bugs. Species in this genus are known only from southern Africa.
| Oxythyreus | |
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| O. cylindricornis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Reduviidae |
| Tribe: | Macrocephalini |
| Genus: | Oxythyreus Westwood, 1841 |
| Type species | |
| Oxythyreus cylinricornis | |
Species include:[1]
- Oxythyreus slateri Doesburg & Pluot-Sigwalt, 2007
- Oxythyreus ruckesi Kormilev, 1962
- Oxythyreus cylindricornis Westwood, 1841
- O. c. schuhi Doesburg & Pluot-Sigwalt, 2007
References
edit- ^ Doesburg, P.H. van; & D. Pluot-Sigwalt (2007). "Notes on Phymatinae (Insecta: Heteroptera: Reduviidae). The genus Oxythyreus Westwood, 1841". Zool. Med., Leiden. 81 (3): 85–99.