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Reduviinae

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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)207097https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=207097
Ranksubfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Reduviidae : Reduviinae
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalovÃĄ-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
-Dicondylia
-ParanotaliaSroka et al. 2014
subclassPterygotaBrauer 1885
-NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
-ClareocercariaProkop et al. 2017
-Acercaria
superorderPancondylognathaYoshizawa and Leinhard 2016
-CondylognathaBÃķrner 1904
orderHemipteraLinnaeus 1758
suborderHeteropteraLatreille 1810
infraorderCimicomorphaLeston et al. 1954
superfamilyReduvioideaLatreille 1807
familyReduviidaeLatreille 1807
subfamilyReduviinaeLatreille 1807
Common Nameassassin bug
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Reduviinaesubfamilybelongs to Reduviidaestated with evidenceScudder, 1878
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)7
Extant Size (PBDB)2 (29%)
First Recorded Appearance20.4 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)S. H. Scudder. 1878. The Fossil Insects of the Green River Shales. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 4(4):747-776

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Reduvius
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		620.4 Ma
Miocene		0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1807Reduviinae Latreille
1878Reduviinae Scudder p. 771

References

Scudder S. H. The Fossil Insects of the Green River Shales, Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 4 4, 747-776
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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