Pnirontis Explained

Pnirontis is a genus of assassin bugs in the family Reduviidae. There are more than 30 described species in Pnirontis.

Species

These 37 species belong to the genus Pnirontis:

• Pnirontis acuminata Barber, 1929
• Pnirontis barberi Hussey, 1954
• Pnirontis beieri Wygodzinsky, 1948
• Pnirontis bellatrix Hussey, 1954
• Pnirontis brevispina Barber, 1929
• Pnirontis brimleyi Blatchley, 1926
• Pnirontis buenoi (Lima & Seabra, 1945)
• Pnirontis demerarae Haviland, 1931
• Pnirontis edentula (Berg, 1879)
• Pnirontis elongata Barber, 1929
• Pnirontis filiformis (Walker, 1873)
• Pnirontis grandis Maldonado, 1994-01
• Pnirontis granulosa Barber, 1930
• Pnirontis grisea Barber, 1929
• Pnirontis guggiarii Hussey, 1954
• Pnirontis heminigra Maldonado, 1986
• Pnirontis incerta Reuter, 1887
• Pnirontis infirma Stål, 1859
• Pnirontis inobtrusa Barber, 1929
• Pnirontis languida Stål, 1859
• Pnirontis lissa Maldonado, 1986
• Pnirontis modesta Banks, 1910
• Pnirontis pallescens Stål, 1859
• Pnirontis perpugnax (Torre Bueno, 1914)
• Pnirontis scorpiona Berg
• Pnirontis scorpionia (Berg, 1879)
• Pnirontis scutellaris Stål, 1859
• Pnirontis selecta Barber, 1929
• Pnirontis serripes (Fabricius, 1803)
• Pnirontis sicki Wygodzinsky, 1947
• Pnirontis similis Barber, 1929
• Pnirontis spinimanus Champion, 1898
• Pnirontis spinosissima (Kolenati, 1857)
• Pnirontis stali (Mayr, 1865)
• Pnirontis subinermis Barber, 1929
• Pnirontis uroquadratus Giacchi, 1996-01
• Pnirontis zikani (Lima & Seabra, 1945)

Further reading

• Book: Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 2: Cimicomorpha I. 1996. Péricart . J.. Golub . V. B.. Aukema . Berend. Rieger . Christian. The Netherlands Entomological Society. 978-90-71912-15-3.
• Phylogenetic relationships within the Cimicomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): a total-evidence analysis. 2009. Schuh . Randall T.. Weirauch . Christiane. Wheeler . Ward C.. Systematic Entomology. 34. 1. 15–48. 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00436.x. 10.1.1.498.8756.