Peiratinae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Paraneoptera
Superordo: Condylognatha
Ordo: Hemiptera
Subordo: Heteroptera
Infraordo: Cimicomorpha
Superfamilia: Reduvioidea

Familia: Reduviidae
Subfamilia: Peiratinae
Genera: Androclus – Bekilya – Brachysandalus – Calistocoris – Catamiarus – Ceratopirates – Chaulioleistes – Ectomocoris – Eidemannia – Froeschnerisca – Fusius – Hovacoris – Lamotteus – Lentireduvius – Lestomerus – Melanolestes – Microcleptocoris – Microsandalus – Mutillocoris – Neopirates – Oblongiala – Pachysandalus – Parapirates – Peirates – Phalantus – Phorastes – Polychitonocoris – Pseudolestomerus – Pteromalestes – Rapites – Rasahus – Sirthenea – Sinnamarynus – Sphodrembas – Thymbreus – Tydides – Zeraikia
Name

Peiratinae Amyot & Serville, 1843: 321 [As Piratides]

Type genus: Peirates Serville, 1831

References
Primary references

Amyot, J.B. & Audinet-Serville, J.G. 1843. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Hémiptères. 657 pp. Librairie encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. BHL Reference page. [p. 321]

Additional references

Brożek, J. & Chłond, D. 2010. Morphology, arrangement and classification of sensilla on the apical segment of labium in Peiratinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae). Zootaxa 2476: 39–52. Preview DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2476.1.5 Paywall. ResearchGate Open access Reference page.
Cai, W-Z. & Taylor, S.J. 2006. Lentireduvius, a new genus of Peiratinae from Brazil, with a key to the New World genera (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Zootaxa 1360: 51–60. Abstract & excerpt. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1360.1.3 Paywall. Reference page.
Chłond, D. 2008. A new species of Sirthenea Spinola (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Peiratinae) from Laos. Oriental Insects 42: 385–389. DOI: 10.1080/00305316.2008.10417564 Paywall. ResearchGate Open access Reference page.
Melo, M.C. 2012. On the taxonomic placement of the genus Sinnamarynus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae), and a new record of S. rasahusoides from Peru. Check List 8(3): 540–541. DOI: 10.15560/8.3.540 Open access Reference page.
Swanson, D.R. 2018. Three new species of Rasahus, with clarifications on the identities of three other Neotropical corsairs (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Peiratinae). Zootaxa 4471(3): 446–472. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4471.3.2 Paywall Reference page.
Swanson, D.R. 2019. Doomed to a vile lot: new taxa, notes, and an updated generic key for the Old World corsairs (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Peiratinae). Zootaxa 4700(2): 196–228. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4700.2.2 Paywall Reference page.

Links

Zicha, Ondřej et al. Peiratinae Template:Amyot & Serville, 1843 – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
Peiratinae Template:Amyot & Serville, 1843 – Taxon details on Catalogue of Palaearctic Heteroptera.

The Peiratinae are a subfamily of assassin bugs (Reduviidae) known as corsairs. The subfamily has a worldwide distribution, but is concentrated in tropical areas.[1] About 30 genera with 350 species are described.

Peirates Serville sensu stricto is one of the largest genera of Peiratinae with about 40 valid species worldwide, mainly distributed in the Oriental, Palearctic and Ethiopian regions. After 1831, the subfamily changed many times as new species were being discovered. The Peirates Serville sensu stricto is the one of the 40 that has been identified to have a very different biology. Of the 30-40 known genera, Sirthenea is found on all continents.[2]
Selected genera

Eidmannia Taeuber, 1934
Melanolestes Stål, 1866
Phorastes Kirkaldy, 1900
Rasahus Amyot and Serville, 1843
Sirthenea Spinola, 1840[1]
Thymbreus Stål, 1859
Tydides Stål, 1865

References

Willemse, Luc (1985). "A taxonomic revision of the New World species of Sirthenea". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 215: 1–67.

Zhao, Guangyu; Li, Hu; Zhao, Ping; Cai, Wanzhi (17 February 2015). "Comparative Mitogenomics of the Assassin Bug Genus Peirates (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Peiratinae) Reveal Conserved Mitochondrial Genome Organization of P. atromaculatus, P. fulvescens and P. turpis". PLOS ONE. 10 (2): e0117862. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1017862Z. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0117862. PMC 4331094. PMID 25689825.

Further reading
Chłond, Dominik; Bugaj-Nawrocka, Agnieszka (23 October 2015). "Distribution Pattern and Climate Preferences of the Representatives of the Cosmopolitan Genus Sirthenea Spinola, 1840 (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Peiratinae)". PLOS ONE. 10 (10): e0140801. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1040801C. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0140801. PMC 4619806. PMID 26495965.
Zhao, Guangyu; Li, Hu; Zhao, Ping; Cai, Wanzhi (17 February 2015). "Comparative Mitogenomics of the Assassin Bug Genus Peirates (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Peiratinae) Reveal Conserved Mitochondrial Genome Organization of P. atromaculatus, P. fulvescens and P. turpis". PLOS ONE. 10 (2): e0117862. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1017862Z. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0117862. PMC 4331094. PMID 25689825.