Notes on Some Neotropical ReduviidÆ.

Fracker, S. B.; Bruner, S. C.

doi:10.1093/aesa/17.2.163

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“…Vesciinae was erected by Fracker & Bruner (1924) to accommodate the genus Vescia Stål. Costa Lima (1940) broadened the concept of this subfamily to include his new genus Pessoaia and treated the modified apex of the protibia as a diagnostic character for the group.…”

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Cladistic analysis of Reduviidae (Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha) based on morphological characters

Weirauch

2008

Systematic Entomology

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With more than 6600 species worldwide, Reduviidae (Insecta: Heteroptera), or assassin bugs, form the second largest and one of the most diverse groups of true bugs. The poor condition of the higher-level classification of Reduviidae is reflected by the facts that different authors recognize between 21 and 32 subfamilylevel names and that Reduviidae were never subjected to a rigorous cladistic analysis using an exemplar approach. In the present study, a cladistic analysis of higher-level taxa of Reduviidae based on 162 morphological characters and 75 ingroup and outgroup species is presented. Twenty-one subfamily-level taxa of Reduviidae were examined, accounting for 28 tribes. In addition to characters previously used for diagnosis in Reduviidae, information on recently published character complexes is used in the present analysis, supplemented with new character information gathered specifically for this project. Reduviidae are supported as a monophyletic group with Pachynomidae as their sister taxon. The major results of this study are the support of a sistergroup relationship of Hammacerinae with the remaining Reduviidae, the monophyly of the Phymatine Complex, the relatively basal position of Harpactorinae within Reduviidae as well as a novel hypothesis on the relationships within this group, and the sistergroup relationship of Ectrichodiinae þ Tribelocephalinae and their placement in a clade that also contains Emesinae, Saicinae, and Visayanocorinae. The analysis further supports a clade formed by paraphyletic Salyavatinae þ Sphaeridopinae, renders Vesciinae non-monophyletic, and demonstrates the polyphyly of Reduviinae. Pseudocetherinae are shown to group with some Reduviinae. Triatominae are supported as a monophyletic group and are nested among additional Reduviinae and Stenopodainae.

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Cladistic analysis of Reduviidae (Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha) based on morphological characters

Weirauch

2008

Systematic Entomology

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“…Tribelocodia possesses some features otherwise typically found in Ectrichodiinae (ocelli, 2-pronged scutellum, and fossula spongiosa), suggesting that either the monophyly of these 2 closely related taxa is questionable, or that character evolution within these groups is more complex than previously assumed Taxonomic History and Distribution: The group consists of 5 genera and 20 species (Maldonado 1990). Vesciinae were established as a subfamily by Fracker and Bruner (1924) for the genus Vescia, which was originally described by in the subfamily Reduviinae. Members of 3 genera (Mirambulus, Pessoaia, and Vescia) were included in morphological cladistic analysis of Reduviidae.…”

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Reduviidae (assassin bugs) is the second largest family of the hemipteran suborder Heteroptera (true bugs). The family contains 25 subfamilies, the largest number amongst true bugs, and 28 tribes. Most previously published keys do not include all recognized subfamilies and even complete keys lead to incorrect identifi cation of certain taxa. We here present a comprehensive and well-illustrated identifi cation key to subfamilies and tribes (except Emesinae) of Reduviidae. The key is complemented by taxon treatments that provide, for each subfamily, diagnostic features, notes on taxonomy and distribution, a comment on taxa occurring in Canada, natural history notes, and a short bibliography.

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“…The genus Tagalis St al, 1860 is comprised of nine species ranging from the continental United States and Caribbean islands to Argentina (Castro-Huertas and Forero 2014), but most of the species occur in South America. Little is known about the biology of the species; some of them have been found on orchids (T. seminigra Champion: McAtee and Malloch 1923), in spider webs and in leaf litter (T. inornata cubensis McAtee and Malloch : Fracker andBruner 1924, Blinn 2008), and in bird nests (T. evavilmae Gil-Santana, Pinto Gouveia and Zeraik: Gil-Santana et al 2010), but most of them have been collected at light. Most of the species range from dark brown to pale brown with darker or yellowish markings.…”

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A New Species of Tagalis Stål, 1860 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Saicinae) from Argentina

Varela¹,

Melo²

2017

Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington

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A new species, Tagalis drakkar n. sp., is described from Misiones, Argentina. It is easily separated from the other species of the genus by the particular shape of the median process of the pygophore and other male genitalic structures, and the overall pale coloration. We also describe the male aedeagus of Tagalis femorata Melo (2008) and discuss the affinities of the two species studied in the context of species groups proposed by Castro-Huertas and Forero (2014).

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Notes on Some Neotropical ReduviidÆ.

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Cladistic analysis of Reduviidae (Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha) based on morphological characters

Cladistic analysis of Reduviidae (Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha) based on morphological characters

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A New Species of Tagalis Stål, 1860 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Saicinae) from Argentina

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