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Genus Ghinallelia

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Cimicomorpha
Family Reduviidae (Assassin Bugs)
Subfamily Emesinae (Thread-legged Bugs)
Tribe Metapterini
Genus Ghinallelia
Explanation of Names
Ghinallelia Wygodzinsky 1966
Anagram of Ghilianella, a related genus(1). Before Wygodzinsky erected Ghinallelia, all the species belonged to that genus.
Numbers
a single species in ou area, ~50 spp. total
Identification
separated from Emesaya by the unsegmented protarsi, squared off female terminalia and the lack of wings. Our single species also possesses a distinct clypeal spine. The large size (>20 mm) distinguishes it from Barce and Pseudometapterus.
Range
Neotropical genus ranging into se.US
Works Cited
1.A monograph of the Emesinae (Reduviidae, Hemiptera)
Pedro W. Wygodzinsky. 1966. New York : [American Museum of Natural History].
Contributed by drswanny on 24 February, 2010 - 2:25pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 23 October, 2023 - 12:17am

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