Biology:Oxythyreus

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Short description: Genus of true bugs

Oxythyreus
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O. cylindricornis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Reduviidae
Tribe: Macrocephalini
Genus: Oxythyreus
Westwood, 1841
Type species
Oxythyreus cylinricornis

Oxythyreus is a genus of ambush bugs. Species in this genus are known only from southern Africa.

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

Wikidata ☰ Q21218365 entry