Biology:Castolus

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Short description: Genus of true bugs

Castolus
Assassin bug Castolus sp Reduviidae.jpg
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Reduviidae
Tribe: Harpactorini
Genus: Castolus
Stål, 1858

Castolus is a genus of assassin bugs in the family Reduviidae. There are about 16 described species in Castolus.[1][2][3]

Species

These 16 species belong to the genus Castolus:

  • Castolus annulatus Maldonado & Brailovsky, 1992-01
  • Castolus bicolor Maldonado, 1976
  • Castolus bolivari Brailovsky, 1982
  • Castolus ferox (Banks, 1910)
  • Castolus fuscoapicatus (Stål, 1860)
  • Castolus lineatus Maldonado, 1976
  • Castolus multicinctus Stål, 1872
  • Castolus nigriventris Breddin, 1904
  • Castolus pallidus Maldonado, 1976
  • Castolus pecus
  • Castolus plagiaticollis Stål, 1858
  • Castolus rufomarginatus Champion, 1899
  • Castolus spissicornis (Stål, 1860)
  • Castolus subinermis (Stål, 1862)
  • Castolus tricolor Champion, 1899
  • Castolus trinotatus (Stål, 1866)


References

Further reading

  • Péricart, J.; Golub, V. B. (1996). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 2: Cimicomorpha I. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-90-71912-15-3. 
  • Schuh, Randall T.; Weirauch, Christiane; Wheeler, Ward C. (2009). "Phylogenetic relationships within the Cimicomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): a total-evidence analysis". Systematic Entomology 34 (1): 15–48. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00436.x. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q10443596 entry