Reduviinae

Guides

• Opisthacidius

  Opisthacidius is a genus of assassin bugs in the family Reduviidae, subfamily Reduviinae. It was established by Berg in 1879 and is native to South America. The genus comprises predatory true bugs that hunt other insects using raptorial forelegs and a piercing-sucking proboscis.

  assassin-bugspredatory-insectsSouth-AmericaReduviidaeHemipteraHeteropteraCimicomorphaReduvioideaReduviinaetrue-bugs

• Opisthacidius mexicanus

  Opisthacidius mexicanus is a species of assassin bug in the family Reduviidae, subfamily Reduviinae. It was described by Peláez in 1942 and is native to Mexico and Middle America. As a member of the Reduviidae, it is presumed to be a predatory insect, though specific ecological details remain poorly documented in available literature.

  ReduviidaeReduviinaeHemipteraHeteropteraCimicomorphaassassin-bugMexicoMiddle-AmericaPeláez-1942

• Pseudozelurus

  Pseudozelurus is a genus of assassin bugs (Reduviidae) in the subfamily Reduviinae. The genus was established by Lent & Wygodzinsky in 1947 and contains at least two described species: Pseudozelurus arizonicus and Pseudozelurus superbus. As with other reduviids, members of this genus are predatory true bugs.

  ReduviidaeReduviinaeassassin-bugspredatory-bugsHemipteraHeteroptera