Fitchia (bug)
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''Fitchia'' is a genus of
assassin bugs The Reduviidae are a large cosmopolitan family of the order Hemiptera (true bugs). Among the Hemiptera and together with the Nabidae almost all species are terrestrial ambush predators: most other predatory Hemiptera are aquatic. The main exam ...
in the family
Reduviidae The Reduviidae are a large cosmopolitan family of the order Hemiptera (true bugs). Among the Hemiptera and together with the Nabidae almost all species are terrestrial ambush predators: most other predatory Hemiptera are aquatic. The main exampl ...
. There are at least two described species in ''Fitchia''. ITIS Taxonomic note: *Apparently a 'parahomonym' of (different kingdom, same name as) vascular plant genus ''Fitchia'' Hook. f.


Species

* '' Fitchia aptera'' Stål, 1859 * '' Fitchia spinosula'' Stål, 1872


References


Further reading

* * * Reduviidae Hemiptera of North America {{Reduviidae-stub