Castolus
Sign in to saveCastolus is a genus of assassin bugs in the family Reduviidae. There are about 16 described species in Castolus.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 108
- Family
- Reduviidae
- Collections
- USNM, TAMU
- Recorded in
- Cuba, Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Harpactorinae
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- taxon name
- Castolus
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Castolus is a genus of assassin bugs in the family Reduviidae. There are about 16 described species in Castolus.
==Species== These 16 species belong to the genus Castolus: Castolus annulatus Maldonado & Brailovsky, 1992-01 Castolus bicolor Maldonado, 1976 Castolus bolivari Brailovsky, 1982 Castolus ferox (Banks, 1910) Castolus fuscoapicatus (Stål, 1860) Castolus lineatus Maldonado, 1976 Castolus multicinctus Stål, 1872 Castolus nigriventris Breddin, 1904 Castolus pallidus Maldonado, 1976 Castolus pecus Castolus plagiaticollis Stål, 1858 Castolus rufomarginatus Champion, 1899 Castolus spissicornis (Stål, 1860) Castolus subinermis (Stål, 1862) Castolus tricolor Champion, 1899 Castolus trinotatus (Stål, 1866)
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