Gardena (bug)

Gardena
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Reduviidae
Tribe:	Emesini
Genus:	Gardena Dohrn, 1860

Gardena is a genus of thread-legged bugs in the subfamily Emesinae. It is the second-largest genus in the tribe Emesini. Presently there are 46 described species.[1]

Partial species list

These 10 species belong to the genus Gardena:

• Gardena albiannulata Ishikawa, 2005^g
• Gardena brevicollis Stål, 1871^g
• Gardena cheesmanae Wygodzinsky, 1958
• Gardena elkinsi Wygodzinsky, 1966^i c g b
• Gardena faustina McAtee & Malloch, 1925^g
• Gardena insignis Horvath, 1887^g
• Gardena insperata P. V. Putshkov, 1988
• Gardena melinarthrum Dohrn, 1860^i c g
• Gardena muscicapa (Bergroth, 1906)^g
• Gardena poppaea McAtee and Malloch, 1925^i c g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[2] c = Catalogue of Life,[3] g = GBIF,[4] b = Bugguide.net[5]

References

1. *Ishikawa. 2005. The thread-legged assassin bug genus Gardena (Heteroptera: reduviidae) from Japan
2. "Gardena Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
3. "Browse Gardena". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
4. "Gardena". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
5. "Gardena Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-29.