Zelus

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: Harpactorinae
Genus: Zelus
Species: Z. aithaleos – Z. amblycephalus – Z. antiguensis – Z. auralanus – Z. bahiaensis – Z. banksi – Z. casii – Z. championi – Z. cordazulus – Z. fuliginatus – Z. gilboventris – Z. gracilipes – Z. grandoculus – Z. kartaboides – Z. lewisi – Z. panamensis – Z. paracephalus – Z. renardii – Z. rosulentus – Z. russulumus – Z. spatulosus – Z. tetracanthus – Z. truxali – Z. umbraculoides – Z. umbraculus – Z. xouthos – ...
Name

Zelus Fabricius, 1803: Syst. Rhyng., 281.
References

Zhang, G., Hart, E.R. & Weirauch, C. 2016: A taxonomic monograph of the assassin bug genus Zelus Fabricius (Hemiptera: Reduviidae): 71 species based on 10,000 specimens. Biodiversity data journal, 4: e8150. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e8150 Reference page.

External links

ION (species list)
Nomenclator Zoologicus

Zelus is a genus of insects in the family Reduviidae, the assassin bugs. There are currently 60 described species; most occur in Central and South America, and five are found in North America.[2]

Some species have been investigated for their potential as biocontrol agents in integrated pest management. Zelus is also known for a sticky trap predation strategy. Sticky resin produced from a leg gland is smeared on hairs to aid in prey capture. This is somewhat analogous to the carnivorous plant sundew.

Species include:

Zelus annulosus
Zelus araneiformis Haviland
Zelus bilobus
Zelus cervicalis
Zelus exsanguis
Zelus leucogrammus (Perty, 1833)
Zelus longipes – milkweed assassin bug
Zelus luridus Stål, 1862 – pale green assassin bug
Zelus renardii – leafhopper assassin bug
Zelus tetracanthus Stål, 1862

References

Zhang, Guanyang; Hart, Elwood R; Weirauch, Christiane (2016). "A taxonomic monograph of the assassin bug genus Zelus Fabricius (Hemiptera: Reduviidae): 71 species based on 10,000 specimens". Biodiversity Data Journal. 4 (e8150). doi:10.3897/BDJ.4.e8150.
Taxonomic Revision of Zelus Fabricius. Heteropteran Systematics Lab. University of California, Riverside.