Salyavatinae

Salyavatinae
Salyavata variegata
Rhachicephala sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Reduviidae
Subfamily: Salyavatinae
Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
Type genus
Salyavata
Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843

Salyavatinae are a subfamily of the assassin bugs. They have a pan-tropical distribution with about 16 genera.[1] They have two foretarsal segments and have a patch of fine hairs known as the fossula spongiosa on the fore and mid tibia. Many species tend to have spines on the head, pronotum, legs and abdomen. A few species have the foretibia flattened into leaf-like structures.[2]

References

  1. ^ Swanson, Daniel R. (2017). "Taxonomic changes in Salyavatinae (Heteroptera: Reduviidae), with an updated generic key". Zootaxa. 4312 (3): 515. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4312.3.6.
  2. ^ Weirauch, C.; Bérenger, J.-M.; Berniker, L.; Forero, D.; Forthman, M.; Frankenberg, S.; Freedman, A.; Gordon, E.; Hoey-Chamberlain, R.; Hwang, W. S.; Marshall, S. A.; Michael, A.; Paiero, S. M.; Udah, O.; Watson, C.; Yeo, M.; Zhang, G.; Zhang, J. (2014). "An Illustrated Identification Key to Assassin Bug Subfamilies and Tribes (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)". Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification. 26: 1–115. doi:10.3752/cjai.2014.26.


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