Amblythyreus
| Amblythyreus | |
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| Amblythyreus cf. intermedius | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Reduviidae |
| Subfamily: | Phymatinae |
| Genus: | Amblythyreus Westwood, 1843[1] |
Amblythyreus is a genus of ambush bugs (Reduviidae: Phymatinae) found mainly in Asia with about 16 species. They are predators that lie in wait mainly in flowers, capturing prey using their forelegs.[2]
Species in the genus include:[3]
- Amblythyreus angustus
- Amblythyreus chapa
- Amblythyreus esakii
- Amblythyreus fasciatus
- Amblythyreus gestroi
- Amblythyreus intermedius
- Amblythyreus iranicus
- Amblythyreus izzardi
- Amblythyreus martini
- Amblythyreus oberthueri
- Amblythyreus potaninae
- Amblythyreus quadratus
- Amblythyreus rectus
- Amblythyreus rhombiventris
- Amblythyreus stali
- Amblythyreus taiwanus
References
[edit]- ^ Westwood, J. O. (2009). "III. Description of a new Sub-Genus of Exotic Hemipterous Insects". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 3: 28–31. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1841.tb03247.x.
- ^ Cui, J.; Cai, W.; Rabitsch, W. (2006). "The Ambush Bugs of China: Taxonomic Knowledge and Distribution Patterns (Heteroptera, Reduviidae, Phymatinae)" (PDF). Denisia. 19: 795–812.
- ^ Kormilev, Nicholas A. (1962). "Notes on Phymatidae in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.), (Hemiptera-Heteroptera)". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 5 (54): 349–367. doi:10.1080/00222936208651257. ISSN 0374-5481.