Subfamily Stenopodainae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Works Cited

Assassin Bug - Zelus? - Stenopoda spinulosa

Damsel Bug, I Think... - Pygolampis pectoralis

Long, light brown assassin bug - Pnirontis modesta

Pnirontis modesta/languida? - Pnirontis modesta

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 Stenopodainae

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Stenopodinae (preoccupied in Crustacea)

Explanation of Names

Stenopodainae Amyot & Serville 1843; type genus: Stenopoda

Numbers

18 spp. in 9 genera in our area(1)(2), >720 spp. in 114 genera total(3)

Size

8‒30 mm

Identification

One of the two subfamilies (the other being Harpactorinae) with a quadrate cell in the corium. Second antennal segment is longer than the first and often folds under it. Additionally, the members of this subfamily appear brownish and granulate compared to other subfamilies.

Key to the New World genera in (4).

Range

Worldwide and across NA with most spp. in the se. or s. central US

Habitat

most are ground-dwelling(3); may be swept from bushes and low foliage during the day, mostly taken at lights and thought to be nocturnal predators

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.

2.	Arenaeocoris enervatus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Stenopodainae), a new genus and species from the Southeastern US Blinn R.E. 2012. Zootaxa 3478: 105–110.

3.	Biodiversity of the Heteroptera Henry T.J. 2009. In: Foottit R.G., Adler P.H., eds. Insect biodiversity: Science and society. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell: 223−263.

4.	Key to the genera of Stenopodainae of the New World (Insecta, Heteroptera, Reduviidae) Wygodzinsky P., Giacchi J.C. 1991. Physis, Seccion C, 49: 5-9.

Contributed by v belov on 2 March, 2010 - 6:34pm
Additional contributions by drswanny
Last updated 10 October, 2023 - 8:55pm

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