Brontostoma
| Brontostoma | |
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| Brontostoma discus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Reduviidae |
| Subfamily: | Ectrichodiinae |
| Genus: | Brontostoma Kirkaldy, 1904 |
Brontostoma is a neotropical genus of assassin bugs in the family Reduviidae.[1] About 20 species have been described.[2] These species are brightly colored with reds and oranges, and like all members of the Ectrichodiinae, specialize on millipede prey.[3]
Partial list of species
[edit]- Brontostoma bahiensis Gil-Santana 2004[4]
- Brontostoma deferreri
- Brontostoma discus Burmeister, 1835
- Brontostoma diringshofeni
- Brontostoma notatum
- Brontostoma rubrum
- Brontostoma sanguinosum Stål, 1872
- Brontostoma trux
References
[edit]- ^ Dimitri Forero (2006). "New records of Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Colombia and other Neotropical countries" (PDF). Zootaxa 1107: 1–47 (2006). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-28.
- ^ Helcio R. Gil-Santana & Manuel Baena. "Two new species of Brontostoma Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Ectrichodiinae) from Bolivia, with description of the male genitalia of two other species of the genus, and description of the female of B. doughertyae Gil-Santana, Lopes, Marques & Jurberg" (PDF). Zootaxa 1979: 41–52 (2009).
- ^ H. Gil-Santana. "The Myriapoda (Millipedes, Centipedes) Featuring the North American Fauna". Archived from the original on 2008-12-04.
- ^ Hélcio R. Gil-Santana; Luiz A.A. Costa; Oton Meira Marques. "Brontostoma bahiensis sp. nov. of Ectrichodiinae (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Reduviidae) from the State of Bahia, Brazil". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia vol.21 no.1 Curitiba Mar. 2004.