Brontostoma

Brontostoma is a neotropical genus of assassin bugs in the family Reduviidae.[1] About 20 species have been described.[2] These species are brightly colored with reds and oranges, and like all members of the Ectrichodiinae, specialize on millipede prey.[3]

Brontostoma
Brontostoma discus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Reduviidae
Subfamily: Ectrichodiinae
Genus: Brontostoma
Kirkaldy, 1904

Partial list of species
  • Brontostoma bahiensis Gil-Santana 2004[4]
  • Brontostoma deferreri
  • Brontostoma discus Burmeister, 1835
  • Brontostoma diringshofeni
  • Brontostoma notatum
  • Brontostoma rubrum
  • Brontostoma sanguinosum Stål, 1872
  • Brontostoma trux

References
  1. Dimitri Forero (2006). "New records of Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Colombia and other Neotropical countries" (PDF). Zootaxa 1107: 1–47 (2006). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-28.
  2. Helcio R. Gil-Santana & Manuel Baena. "Two new species of Brontostoma Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Ectrichodiinae) from Bolivia, with description of the male genitalia of two other species of the genus, and description of the female of B. doughertyae Gil-Santana, Lopes, Marques & Jurberg" (PDF). Zootaxa 1979: 41–52 (2009).
  3. H. Gil-Santana. "The Myriapoda (Millipedes, Centipedes) Featuring the North American Fauna". Archived from the original on 2008-12-04.
  4. Hélcio R. Gil-Santana; Luiz A.A. Costa; Oton Meira Marques. "Brontostoma bahiensis sp. nov. of Ectrichodiinae (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Reduviidae) from the State of Bahia, Brazil". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia vol.21 no.1 Curitiba Mar. 2004.
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