Oxythyreus Explained

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

Notes and References

1. Doesburg, P.H. van. & D. Pluot-Sigwalt. 2007. Notes on Phymatinae (Insecta: Heteroptera: Reduviidae). The genus Oxythyreus Westwood, 1841. Zool. Med., Leiden. 81. 3. 85–99.