Biology:Stenopodainae

Short description: Subfamily of true bugs

Stenopodainae
Canthesancus sp. (India)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Reduviidae
Subfamily:	Stenopodainae Amyot and Serville, 1843

Stenopoda spinulosa

Oncocephalus

The Stenopodainae are a subfamily of Reduviidae (assassin bugs). Many species of this subfamily are endemic to tropical rainforests, and some smear their fore legs with sticky, plant-derived resin, to aid in prey capture.

Genera

These 22 genera belong to the subfamily Stenopodainae:

• Apronius Stål
• Aulacogenia Stål, 1870 ^a
• Bardesanes Distant, 1909 ^a
• Canthesancus Amyot and Serville, 1843 ^a
• Caunus Stål, 1865 ^a
• Ctenotrachelus Stål, 1868 ^{i c g b}
• Diaditus Stål, 1859 ^{i c g b}
• Duriocoris Miller, 1940
• Gnathobleda Stål, 1859 ^{i c g b}
• Hemisastrapada Livingstone and Ravichandran, 1988 ^a
• Kumaonocoris Miller 1952 ^a
• Narvesus Stål, 1859 ^{i c g b}
• Neoklugia Distant 1919 ^a
• Neothodelmus Distant 1919 ^a
• Oncocephalus Klug, 1830 ^{i c g b a}
• Pnirontis Stål, 1859 ^{i c g b}
• Pygolampis Germar, 1825 ^{i c g b a}
• Sastrapada Amyot and Serville, 1843 ^a
• Staccia Stål, 1865 ^a
• Stenopoda Laporte, 1832 ^{i c g b}
• Streptophorocoris Miller 1957 ^a
• Thodelmus Stål, 1859 ^a

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net a = Ambrose 2006

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7607726 entry