Heza Explained

Heza is a genus of assassin bugs in the family Reduviidae. There are more than 30 described species in Heza found in the Americas.

Species

These species belong to the genus Heza:

• Heza acantharis (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Heza angulifer Barber, 1939
• Heza angustata Bruner, 1931
• Heza aurantia Maldonado, 1976
• Heza azteca Maldonado & Brailovsky, 1983
• Heza bahamensis Maldonado, 1983
• Heza binotata (Lepeletier & Serville, 1825)
• Heza canizaresi Bruner, 1946
• Heza clavata (Guérin-Méneville, 1857)
• Heza cubana Grillo, 1989-01
• Heza ephippium (Lichtenstein, 1797)
• Heza ferox Stål, 1863
• Heza funebris Maldonado, 1983
• Heza fuscinervis Champion, 1899
• Heza haitiana Maldonado, 1976
• Heza havanensis Bruner, 1931
• Heza insignis Stål, 1859
• Heza jamaicensis (Distant, 1903)
• Heza leucothorax Maldonado, 1976
• Heza maldonadoi Bérenger, 2007-01
• Heza multiannulata Stål, 1860
• Heza multiguttata Champion, 1899
• Heza ocellata Maldonado, 1976
• Heza oculata Stål, 1859
• Heza ondulata Maldonado, 1983
• Heza ornata Maldonado, 1976
• Heza perarmata (Kirby, 1901)
• Heza polita Maldonado, 1976
• Heza pulchripes Stål, 1859
• Heza punctigera (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835)
• Heza rubra Maldonado, 1976
• Heza rubromarga Maldonado, 1976
• Heza scutellata Maldonado, 1983
• Heza sericans Stål, 1859
• Heza signoreti (Fallou, 1887)
• Heza similis Stal, 1859
• Heza sphinx Stål, 1863
• Heza ventralis Stål, 1872

Further reading

• Book: Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 2: Cimicomorpha I. 1996. Péricart . J.. Golub . V. B.. Aukema . Berend. Rieger . Christian. The Netherlands Entomological Society. 978-90-71912-15-3.
• Phylogenetic relationships within the Cimicomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): a total-evidence analysis. 2009. Schuh . Randall T.. Weirauch . Christiane. Wheeler . Ward C.. Systematic Entomology. 34. 1. 15–48. 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00436.x. 10.1.1.498.8756.