Brontostoma
| Brontostoma | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Superfamily: | Cimicomorpha |
| Family: | Reduviidae |
| Subfamily: | Ectrichodiinae |
| Genus: | Brontostoma Kirkaldy, 1904 |
Brontostoma is a neotropical genus in the subfamily Ectrichodiinae of Reduviidae (assassin bugs).[1] About 20 species have been described.[2] These species are brightly colored with reds and oranges, and like all members of the Ectrichodiinae, specialize on millipede prey.[3]
Partial list of species
- Brontostoma bahiensis Gil-Santana 2004[4]
- Brontostoma deferreri
- Brontostoma discus Burmeister, 1835
- Brontostoma diringshofeni
- Brontostoma notatum
- Brontostoma rubrum
- Brontostoma sanguinosum Stål, 1872
- Brontostoma trux
References
- ↑ Dimitri Forero (2006). "New records of Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Colombia and other Neotropical countries" (PDF). Zootaxa 1107: 1–47 (2006).
- ↑ Helcio R. Gil-Santana & Manuel Baena. "Two new species of Brontostoma Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Ectrichodiinae) from Bolivia, with description of the male genitalia of two other species of the genus, and description of the female of B. doughertyae Gil-Santana, Lopes, Marques & Jurberg" (PDF). Zootaxa 1979: 41–52 (2009).
- ↑ H. Gil-Santana. "The Myriapoda (Millipedes, Centipedes) Featuring the North American Fauna".
- ↑ Hélcio R. Gil-Santana; Luiz A.A. Costa; Oton Meira Marques. "Brontostoma bahiensis sp. nov. of Ectrichodiinae (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Reduviidae) from the State of Bahia, Brazil". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia vol.21 no.1 Curitiba Mar. 2004.
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