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Subfamily Harpactorinae


Contribution to the morphology and phylogeny of the Reduvioidea. Part IV. The Harpactoroid complex
By Davis N.T.
Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 62: 74‒94, 1969

Sinopse dos Apiomerini, com chave ilustrada para os gêneros (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Reduviidae, Harpactorinae)
By Gil-Santana H.R., Costa L.A.A., Forero D., Zeraik S.O.
Publ. avuls. Mus. nac. Rio de Janeiro 97: 1‒21, 2003

Life history and laboratory rearing of Sinea diadema (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) with descriptions of immature stages
By Shannon C. Voss, J. E. McPherson
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 96(6): 776-792, 2003
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A synopsis of Atrachelus (Hemiptera, Reduviidae)
By Elkins J.C.
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 56: 97‒120, 1954

Cinco especies nuevas de Pselliopus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae: Harpactorini) para México
By Brailovsky H., Mariño R., Barrera E.
Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 78: 85-98, 2007

Sinea incognita McPherson, a new species of assassin bug from America North of Mexico...
By McPherson J.E., Ahmad I.
Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 1-19, 2014
Full title: Sinea incognita McPherson, a new species of assassin bug from America north of Mexico, with designations of lectotypes and paralectotypes for Sinea complexa and Sinea integra and analysis and comparison of the three species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae)

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Zelus renardii and Z. tetracanthus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae): Biological attributes and the potential for dispersal ...
By Christiane Weirauch, Claudia Alvarez, Guanyang Zhang
Florida Entomologist, 95(3):641-649, 2012
Full title: Zelus renardii and Z. tetracanthus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae): Biological attributes and the potential for dispersal in two assassin bug species
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A taxonomic monograph of the assassin bug genus Zelus Fabricius (Hemiptera: Reduviidae): 71 species based on 10,000 specimens
By Guanyang Zhang, Elwood R Hart, Christiane Weirauch
Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e8150 , 2016
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