Biology:Microtomus

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Short description: Genus of true bugs

Microtomus
Microtomus purcis - Assassin Bug (44430174282).jpg
Microtomus purcis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Reduviidae
Subfamily: Microtominae
Genus: Microtomus
Illiger, 1807

Microtomus is a genus of assassin bugs in the family Reduviidae. There are about 10 described species in Microtomus.[1][2][3]

Species

These 10 species belong to the genus Microtomus:

  • Microtomus conspicillaris (Drury, 1782)
  • Microtomus gayi (Spinola, 1852)
  • Microtomus kuntzeni Stichel, 1926
  • Microtomus luctuosus (Stål, 1854)
  • Microtomus lunifer (Berg, 1900)
  • Microtomus maculatus Stichel, 1926
  • Microtomus pessoai Lent & Suárez, 1956
  • Microtomus pintoi Lima, 1935
  • Microtomus purcis (Drury, 1782)
  • Microtomus tibialis Stichel, 1926

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 ☰ Q10584898 entry