Centrocnemidinae Explained

The Centrocnemidinae are a subfamily of the reduviid (assassin bugs), found exclusively on tree trunks, where their bodies camouflage well.^[1] There are four genera with about 34 species described.^[2]

Genera

• Centrocnemis Signoret, 1852
• Centrocnemoides Miller, 1956
• Neocentrocnemis Miller, 1956
• Paracentrocnemis Miller, 1956

Notes and References

1. Web site: An Overview of Morphology, Taxonomy and Ecology of the Family Reduviidae (Insecta: Heteroptera), with a Brief Review of History of Taxonomic and Faunal Studies in Japan . Ishikawa Tadashi . Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology.
2. Web site: First record of the assassin bug subfamily Centrocnemidinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from Vietnam, with the description of a new species . Xuan Lam Truong . Hu Li . Wanzhi Cai . Zootaxa 2347: 64–68 (2010).