Sinea Explained

Sinea is a New World genus of assassin bugs, in the subfamily Harpactorinae.^[1] 13 species have been described, mostly from the Southwestern United States and Central America.

See Sinea diadema for more detail about a representative species.

List of species

• Sinea anacantha Hussey, 1953
• Sinea complexa Caudell, 1900
• Sinea confusa Caudell, 1901
• Sinea coronata Stål, 1862
• Sinea defecta Stål, 1862
• Sinea diadema (Fabricius, 1776) – spined assassin bug
• Sinea integra Stål 1862
• Sinea raptoria Stål, 1862
• Sinea rileyi Montandon, 1893
• Sinea sanguisuga Stål, 1862
• Sinea sericea Hussey 1953
• Sinea spinipes (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1846)
• Sinea undulata Uhler, 1894
• Sinea incognita Bundy

Notes and References

1. Schaefer, Carl W. . Wolf, Klaus W. . amp . 2003 . Notes on the harpactocorine genus Sinea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) . Journal of the New York Entomological Society . 111 . 4 . 227–234. 25010472 . 10.1664/0028-7199(2003)111[0227:nothgs]2.0.co;2.