Harpactorinae

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title: "Harpactorinae" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["reduviidae", "hemiptera-subfamilies"] description: "Subfamily of true bugs" topic_path: "general/reduviidae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpactorinae" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Subfamily of true bugs ::

| image = Assassin bug (Rhynocoris iracundus) with bee (Apis ssp) prey.jpg | image_caption = assassin bug (Rhynocoris iracundus) with bee prey | taxon = Harpactorinae | authority = Amyot and Serville, 1843 | display_parents = 3 | subdivision_ranks = Tribes & Genera | subdivision = see text | synonyms =

The Harpactorinae are a large subfamily of the Reduviidae (assassin bugs). About 300 genera and 2,000 species worldwide have been described. Some of the species of the genera Zelus, Pselliopus, Sinea, and Apiomerus are of interest as biological pest control agents.

Tribes and genera

The genera of six tribes include:

[[Apiomerini]]

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Apiomeris_spissipes.jpg" caption="''[[Apiomerus spissipes]]''"] ::

New World resin bugs: auth. Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843

• Agriocleptus Stål, 1866
• Agriocoris Stål, 1866
• Amauroclopius Stål, 1868
• Apiomerus Hahn, 1831
• Beharus Fabricius, 1803
• Calliclopius Stål, 1868
• Foucartus Berenger, 2006
• Heniartes Spinola, 1840
• Manicocoris Fabricius, 1787
• Micrauchenus Amyot & Servile, 1843
• Ponerobia Amyot & Serville, 1843
• Sphodrolestes Stål, 1866

[[Diaspidiini]]

African resin bugs: auth. Miller, 1959

• Cleontes Stål, 1874
• Diaspidius Westwood, 1837
• Rodhainiella Schouteden, 1913

[[Dicrotelini]]

Asia, Australia; auth. Stål, 1859. Approximately 13 genera including:

• type genus - Dicrotelus Erichson, 1842

Ectinoderini

Oriental resin bugs: auth. Stål, 1859 ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Ectinoderus_adult_&_nymph_CTNP_RBP.jpg" caption="''[[Ectinoderus]]'' sp. on ''[[Dipterocarpus]]'' gum"] ::

• Amulius Stål, 1866
• Ectinoderus Westwood, 1845

[[Harpactorini]]

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Wheel_bug_back.JPG" caption="''[[Arilus cristatus]]'': the "wheel bug""] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Reduviidae_-_Rhynocoris_rubricus-3.JPG" caption="''[[Rhynocoris rubricus]]''"] ::

A partial list of genera in this tribe includes:

• Acholla Stål, 1862
• Arilus Hahn, 1831
• Atrachelus Amyot and Serville, 1843
• Castolus Stål, 1858
• Camptibia Cai, 2003
• Coranus Curtis, 1833
• Doldina Stål, 1859
• Euagoras Burmeister, 1835
• Eulyes Amyot & Serville, 1843
• Fitchia Stål, 1859
• Harpactor Laporte, 1833
• Harpactorella - monotypic Harpactorella frederici Wygodzinsky, 1946
• Heza Amyot and Serville, 1843
• Irantha Stål, 1861
• Liangcoris Zhao, Cai & Ren, 2007
• Nagusta Stål, 1859
• Pahabengkakia Miller, 1941
• Pselliopus Bergroth, 1905
• Repipta Stål, 1859
• Rhynocoris Hahn, 1834
• Rocconota Stål, 1859
• Sinea Amyot and Serville, 1843
• Sphedanolestes Stål
• Sycanus Amyot and Serville, 1843
• Zelus Fabricius, 1802
• Zostus Stål, 1874

Rhaphidosomatini

(synonym: Rhaphidosomini Distant, 1904) ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Vibertiola_cinerea_-_ZooKeys-319-093-g004.jpeg" caption="''Vibertiola cinerea''"] ::

• Hoffmannocoris China, 1940
• Leptodema De Carlini, 1892
• Rhaphidosoma Amyot & Serville, 1843
• Vibertiola Horvath, 1909 - southern Europe, NW Africa

Other Tribes

;Tegeini (sometimes placed as subfamily Tegeinae)

• Phonolibes Stål, 1854 - SE Africa
• Tegea (insect) Stål, 1863 - Australia

References

References

1. Ping Zhao, Zhaohui Luo & Wanzhi Cai. "''Iocoris nodulifemoralis'', a new genus and new species of Harpactorinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from China.". Zootaxa: 10 Jun 2009.
2. Weirauch, C. "Biological control in pest management system of plants".

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