Biology:Brontostoma
From HandWiki
Short description: Genus of true bugs
| Brontostoma | |
|---|---|
| |
| Brontostoma discus | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Reduviidae |
| Subfamily: | Ectrichodiinae |
| Genus: | Brontostoma Kirkaldy, 1904 |
Brontostoma is a neotropical genus of assassin bugs in the family Reduviidae.[1] About 20 species have been described.[2] These species are brightly colored with reds and oranges, and like all members of the Ectrichodiinae, specialize on millipede prey.[3]
Partial list of species
- Brontostoma bahiensis Gil-Santana 2004[4]
- Brontostoma deferreri
- Brontostoma discus Burmeister, 1835
- Brontostoma diringshofeni
- Brontostoma notatum
- Brontostoma rubrum
- Brontostoma sanguinosum Stål, 1872
- Brontostoma trux
References
- ↑ Dimitri Forero (2006). "New records of Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Colombia and other Neotropical countries". Zootaxa 1107: 1–47 (2006). Archived from the original on 2014-03-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20140328092430/http://www.uky.edu/~mjshar0/colombia/Forero2006.pdf.
- ↑ "Two new species of Brontostoma Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Ectrichodiinae) from Bolivia, with description of the male genitalia of two other species of the genus, and description of the female of B. doughertyae Gil-Santana, Lopes, Marques & Jurberg". Zootaxa 1979: 41–52 (2009). http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/z01979p052f.pdf.
- ↑ H. Gil-Santana. "The Myriapoda (Millipedes, Centipedes) Featuring the North American Fauna". Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20081204045449/http://www.nadiplochilo.com/fpseudonannolenidae.html.
- ↑ "Brontostoma bahiensis sp. nov. of Ectrichodiinae (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Reduviidae) from the State of Bahia, Brazil". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia vol.21 no.1 Curitiba Mar. 2004. http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0101-81752004000100021&script=sci_arttext.
Wikidata ☰ Q4974109 entry
 |  |
