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Pseudobargylia

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Genus of true bugs

Pseudobargylia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Reduviidae
Subfamily: Emesinae
Tribe: Metapterini
Genus: Pseudobargylia

Pseudobargylia is a little-known genus of thread-legged bug in the subfamily Emesinae. Species of this genus are not adapted for spiderwebs like some other members of the subfamily. Members of the genus occur in Tasmania and Australia. Tasmanian species of this genus are wingless, an unusual characteristic for true bugs.

Partial species list

  • Pseudobargylia alata
  • Pseudobargylia iuncea

References

  1. Lynne Forster (April 2009). "Pseudobargylia iuncea — an unusual assassin bug" (PDF). Tasmanian Field Naturalists Club Inc.
Taxon identifiers
Pseudobargylia


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