Amblythyreus

Amblythyreus
Amblythyreus cf. intermedius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Reduviidae
Subfamily: Phymatinae
Genus: Amblythyreus
Westwood, 1843

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.

Species in the genus include:

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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.