Phasmatocoris Explained

Phasmatocoris is a little-known genus of thread-legged bug (Emesinae). Fourteen species have been described,^[1] including 3 from Colombia.^[2]

Partial species list

• Phasmatocoris labyrinthicus Pape, 2013^[3]
• Phasmatocoris magdalenae Wygodzinsky
• Phasmatocoris moraballi Wygodzinsky
• Phasmatocoris spectrum Breddin, 1904
• Phasmatocoris sturmi Wygodzinsky
• Phasmatocoris usingeri Wygodzinsky, 1966
• Phasmatocoris xavieri Gil-Santana 2007

Notes and References

1. Web site: A new species of Phasmatocoris Breddin (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) from the Amazon, Brazil . Helcio R. Gil-Santana . Veracilda Ribeiro Alves . Toby Vincent Barrett . Luiz A. A. Costa . Zootaxa 1642: 43–51 (2007).
2. Web site: New records of Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Colombia and other Neotropical countries . Dimitri Forero . Zootaxa 1107: 1–47 (2006) . 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140328092430/http://www.uky.edu/~mjshar0/colombia/Forero2006.pdf . 2014-03-28 .
3. Pape . Robert B. . Description and Ecology of A New Cavernicolous, Arachnophilous Thread-legged Bug (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Emesini) from Kartchner Caverns, Cochise County, Arizona . Zootaxa . 3670 . 2 . 2013 . 137 . 1175-5334 . 10.11646/zootaxa.3670.2.2. free .