Psyttala

Psyttala
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Reduviidae
Subfamily: Reduviinae
Genus: Psyttala
Stål, 1859
Synonyms

Psytalla Auctt. (Missp.)

Psyttala is a genus of insects belonging to the assassin bugs.[1][2] The genus name is commonly misspelled as Psytalla (e.g.[3]), but the original author Carl Stål spelt it Psyttala.[4]

Species

  • Psyttala ducalis (Westwood, 1845)
  • Psyttala dudgeoni Distant, 1919
  • Psyttala horrida (Stål, 1865)
  • Psyttala incognita Distant, 1919
  • Psyttala johnstoni Distant, 1919
  • Psyttala samwelli Distant, 1919

References

  1. ^ Maldonado Capriles J. (1990) - Catalogue of the Reduviidae of the World - Caribbean Journal of Science, University of Puerto Rico
  2. ^ Bugaj-Nawrocka et al. (2022) Psyttala horrida (Stål, 1865) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Reduviinae)—A Morphological Study of Eggs and Nymphs. Insects, 13(11), 1014; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13111014
  3. ^ Biolib
  4. ^ Stål, C. (1859). "Till Kännedomen om Redviini". Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar. 16: 175–204. p. 187 Retrieved 2026-03-01.