Reduvius

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: Reduviinae
Genus: Reduvius
Species: R. carinatus – R. diabolicus – R. frommeri – R. jakovleffi – R. lasius – R. minutus – R. pallipes – R. personatus – R. ribesi – R. tabidus – R. testaceus – R. villosus Thunberg
Name

Reduvius Fabricius 1775: 729 BHL

Gender: masculine
Type species: Cimex personatus Linnaeus, 1758

References

Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Libraria Kortii, Flensburgi et Lipsiae. xvi+ 832 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.36510. BHL. Reference page.
Swanson, D.R. 2017. Five new replacement names in Reduviidae (Heteroptera). Zootaxa 4341(2): 291–295. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.2.12. Reference page.
Weirauch, C., Russell, K. & Hwang, W.S. 2015: Reduvius frommeri, a new species of Reduviidae from the Western United States (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), with a synopsis of the Nearctic species of Reduvius Fabricius. Zootaxa 3972(2): 267–279. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3972.2.7. Preview (PDF) Reference page.

Reduvius is a large genus of reduviids or assassin bugs. The masked hunter, Reduvius personatus, is a well-known example of this genus.

They measure 8–22 mm.[1] They are the largest predatory insects and one of the largest clades of predatory insects. They are found in many terrestrial ecosystems and microhabitats, ranging from mammal burrows in the desert to logs in rainforests.
Partial list of species

Reduvius fedtschenkianus (Oshanin, 1871)
Reduvius jakovleffi Reuter, 1892
Reduvius pallipes Klug, 1830
Reduvius personatus (Linnaeus, 1758) "Masked hunter"
Reduvius senilis Van Duzee, 1906
Reduvius sonoraensis Usinger, 1942
Reduvius testaceus Herrich-Schaeffer, 1845
Reduvius vanduzeei Wygodzinsky & Usinger, 1964

References

Reduvius