Irantha Explained

Irantha is a small and little-known genus of assassin bug family (Reduviidae), in the subfamily Harpactorinae.^[1] Just four species have been described.

Species list

• Irantha armipes (Stål, 1855)
• Irantha bramarbas Breddin, 1903
• Irantha consobrina Distant, 1904
• Irantha nigrina Chen, Zhao & Cai, 2005

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Discovery of the Genus Irantha Stål, 1861 (heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) from China, with the Description of a New Species . Chen, Wei . Zhao, Ping . Cai, Wanzhi . Annales Zoologici, Volume 55, Number 1, March 2005, pp. 107-109(3).