Opistostenus

Opistostenus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Pachygronthidae
Subfamily: Teracriinae
Genus: Opistostenus
Reuter, 1882
Synonyms[1]
  • Opistholeptus Bergroth, 1894
  • Paraphlegyas Hesse, 1925
  • Phlegyas
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Opistostenus is a genus of Asian seed bugs in the family Pachygronthidae and subfamily Teracriinae, erected by Odo Reuter in 1882.[2] The known species distribution appears to include western Indochina.[1]

Species

The Lygaeoidea Species File[1] lists:

  1. Opistostenus burmanus (Distant, 1904)
  2. Opistostenus capeneri (Slater, 1955)
  3. Opistostenus chinai (Slater, 1953)
  4. Opistostenus elegans (Hesse, 1925)
  5. Opistostenus horvathi (Slater, 1955)
  6. Opistostenus indicus (Slater, 1966)
  7. Opistostenus jordani (Slater, 1953)
  8. Opistostenus ochreipennis Reuter, 1882 – type species (by original monotypy)
  9. Opistostenus pallidus (Hesse, 1925)
  10. Opistostenus parvus (Slater, 1953)
  11. Opistostenus vulturnus (Kirkaldy, 1907)

References

  1. ^ a b c Lygaeoidea Species File: genus Opistostenus Reuter, 1882 (retrieved 20 November 2025)
  2. ^ Reuter OM (1882) Ad cognitionem Heteropterorum Africae occidentalis. Ofvers. finska VetenskSoc. Forh.
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