Harpactorini Explained

Harpactorini is a tribe of the Harpactorinae (assassin bugs). This group is the most diverse of the entire assassin bug family, with 51 genera recognized in the Neotropical Region and 289 genera and 2003 species overall.^[1]

This tribe contains the only genera of the reduviidae with exaggerated modifications of the pronotum, such as the wheel bug (Arilus) and the strongly raised and divided posterior pronotal lobe in Ulpius Stål, 1865.^[2]

Genera

• Abelamocoris
• Acanthischium
• Acholla Stål, 1862
• Arilus Hahn, 1831
• Atopozelus
• Atrachelus Amyot and Serville, 1843
• Coilopus
• Cosmoclopius
• Castolus Stål, 1858
• Camptibia Cai, 2003
• Coranus Curtis, 1833
• Dalytra Stål, 1861
• Doldina Stål, 1859
• Euagoras Burmeister, 1835
• Eulyes Amyot & Serville, 1843
• Fitchia Stål, 1859
• Harpactor Laporte, 1833
• Harpactorella - monotypic Harpactorella frederici Wygodzinsky, 1946
• Heza Amyot and Serville, 1843
• Irantha Stål, 1861
• Liangcoris Zhao, Cai & Ren, 2007
• Lopodytes Stål, 1853
• Nagusta Stål, 1859
• Notocyrtus
• Orbella
• Pahabengkakia Miller, 1941
• Ploeogaster
• Polymazus
• Pristhesancus
• Protenthocoris
• Pselliopus Bergroth, 1905
• Repipta Stål, 1859
• Rhynocoris Hahn, 1834
• Rhinocoroides
• Ricolla
• Rocconota Stål, 1859
• Sinea Amyot and Serville, 1843
• Sphedanolestes Stål
• Sycanus Amyot and Serville, 1843
• Tunes
• Ulpius
• Undiareduvius
• Vachiria
• Vadimon
• Varelia
• Vatinius
• Veledella
• Velinus
• Vesbius
• Vestula
• Vesulus
• Villanovanus
• Villiersiana
• Vitumnus
• Xystonyttus
• Yolinus
• Zamolxis
• Zavattariocoris
• Zelus Fabricius, 1802
• Zostus Stål, 1874

Other genera

Aga - Agrioclopius - Agriolestes - Agriosphodrus - Agyrius - Alcmenoides - Ambastus - Amphibolus - Analanca - Anyttus - Aphonocoris - Aprepolestes - Arcesius - Aristathlus - Astinus - Aulacoclopius - Aulacosphodrus - Australcnema - Austrarcesius - Austrovelinus - Authenta - Baliemocoris - Bequaertidea - Bergrothellus - Bettotanocoris - Bewanicoris - Biasticus - Blapton - Bocatella - Brassivola - Breddinia - Bubiacoris - Bukacoris - Butuanocoris - Callanocoris - Callilestes - Callistodema - Campsolomus - Camptibia - Campylorhyncha - Carmenula - Catasphactes - Cerellius - Chaetacantha - Chondrolophus - Cidoria - Coliniella - Colpochilocoris - Coniophyrta - Coranopsis - Corcia - Corhinoris - Cosmolestes - Cosmosycanus - Cydnocoris - Debilia - Diarthrotarsus - Dinocleptes - Domnus - Dumbia - Ecelenodalus - Elemacoris - Elongicoris - Endochiella - Endochopsis - Endochus - Epidaucus - Epidaus - Erbessus - Euagoropsis - Eurocconota - Eurosomocoris - Floresocoris - Gattonocoris - Gminatellus - Gminatus - Gonteosphodrus - Gorareduvius - Graptocleptes - Graptoclopius - Graptolestes - Haematochares - Hagia - Hagiana - Haplolestes - Harpagocoris - Harrisocoris - Havinthus - Hediocoris - Helonotus - Heterocorideus - Hiranetis - Hoffmannocoris - Homalosphodrus - Hoplomargasus - Hoplopium - IgoraIocoris - Iquitozelus - Iranthoides - Ischnoclopius - Ischnolestes - Isocondylus - Isyndus - Ixopus - Jeanneliella - Kalabitocoris - Kalonotocoris - Kaniama - Keiserocoris - Kibatia - Kibonotocoris - Komodocoris - Lamottellus - Lamprosphodrus - Lanca - Leptolestes - Lerton - Lestonicoris - Lindus - Lingnania - Lissocleptes - Loboplusius - Lophocephala - Luja - Macracanthopsis - Mafulucoris - Makilingana - Maldonadocoris - Mametocoris - Margasus - Marjoriana - Massartia - Mastigonomus - Mastocoris - Mastostethocoris - Mecistocoris - Microcarenus - Mireella - Mireicoris - Mokoto - Montina - Moto - Motoperius - Mucrolicter - Myocoris - Nacorus - Nacurosana - Nagustoides - Nannotegea - Nanyukicoris - Narsetes - Neoarcesius - Neobiasticus - Neocydnocoris - Neohavinthus - Neonagusta - Neosphedanolestes - Neotropiconyttus - Neoveledella - Neovelinus - Neovillanovanus - Nesocastolus - Nicrus - Nothocleptes - Occamus - Odontogonus - Oedemanota - Palawanocoris - Paloptus - Paniaia - Panthous - Pantoleistes - Paracydnocoris - Parahiranetis - Paralcnema - Paramphibolus - Parapeprius - Parasclomina - Paravadimon - Parendochus - Pareulyes - Parharpagocoris - Parhelonotus - Parirantha - Peprius - Perissorhynchus - Peyrierocoris - Pharagocoris - Phemius - Phonoctonus - Phonolibes - Piestolestes - Pirnonota - Pisilus - Platerus - Poecilobdallus - Poeciloclopius - Poecilosphodrus - Polididus - Pseudolopodes - Pseudolopodytes - Pseudophonoctonus - Pyrrhosphodrus - Rhapactor - Rhaphidosoma - Rhinocoroides - Rihirbus - Sava - Saxitius - Scipinia - Sclomina - Scoloponotus - Serendiba - Serendibana - Serendus - Siamocoris - Sindala - Sosius - Sphodronyttus - Stachyomerus - Stalireduvius - Stehlikia - Tegea - Tegellula - Testusius - Thereutocoris - Thysanuchus - Tivanius - Toxocamptellus - Trachylestes - Vibertiola

Notes and References

1. Web site: A new species of Notocyrtus, a new synonym of Coilopus, and new records and notes on other Harpactorini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) from South America . Helcio R. Gil-Santana and Dimitri Forero . Zootaxa 2148: 55–67 (2009).
2. Web site: Genus-level Phylogeny of Harpactorini (Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) . Heteropteran Systematics Lab @ UCR . Heteropteran Systematics Lab @ UCR.