Oxythyreus

Oxythyreus
O. cylindricornis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Reduviidae
Tribe: Macrocephalini
Genus: Oxythyreus
Westwood, 1841
Type species
Oxythyreus cylinricornis

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

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.