''Sinea'' is a
New World
The term ''New World'' is often used to mean the majority of Earth's Western Hemisphere, specifically the Americas."America." ''The Oxford Companion to the English Language'' (). McArthur, Tom, ed., 1992. New York: Oxford University Press, p. 3 ...
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
assassin bug
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 ...
s, in the subfamily
Harpactorinae
The Harpactorinae are a large subfamily of the Reduviidae (assassin bugs). About 300 genera and 2,000 species worldwide have been described. Some of the species of the genera ''Zelus (bug), Zelus'', ''Pselliopus'', ''Sinea'', and ''Apiomerus'' ar ...
. 13 species have been described, mostly from the
Southwestern United States
The Southwestern United States, also known as the American Southwest or simply the Southwest, is a geographic and cultural region of the United States that generally includes Arizona, New Mexico, and adjacent portions of California, Colorado, Ne ...
and
Central America
Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States to the north, Colombia to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. ...
.
List of species
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Sinea anacantha''
Hussey, 1953
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Sinea complexa''
Caudell, 1900
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Sinea confusa''
Caudell, 1901
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Sinea coronata''
Stål, 1862
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Sinea defecta''
Stål, 1862
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Sinea diadema
''Sinea diadema'' is a species of assassin bug family (Reduviidae), in the subfamily Harpactorinae. ''Sinea diadema'' is bivoltine, preys on small bugs and beetles, and overwinters in the egg stage.
Name
In English the species goes by the comm ...
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(Fabricius, 1776) – spined assassin bug
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Sinea integra''
Stål 1862
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Sinea raptoria
''Sinea'' is a New World genus of Reduviidae, assassin bugs, in the subfamily Harpactorinae. 13 species have been described, mostly from the Southwestern United States and Central America.
List of species
*''Sinea anacantha'' Hussey, 1953
*''S ...
''
Stål, 1862
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Sinea rileyi''
Montandon, 1893
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Sinea sanguisuga''
Stål, 1862
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Sinea sericea''
Hussey 1953
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Sinea spinipes''
(Herrich-Schaeffer, 1846)
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Sinea undulata
''Sinea'' is a New World genus of assassin bugs, in the subfamily Harpactorinae. 13 species have been described, mostly from the Southwestern United States and Central America.
List of species
*'' Sinea anacantha'' Hussey, 1953
*'' Sinea compl ...
''
Uhler, 1894
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Sinea incognita
''Sinea'' is a New World genus of assassin bugs, in the subfamily Harpactorinae. 13 species have been described, mostly from the Southwestern United States and Central America.
List of species
*'' Sinea anacantha'' Hussey, 1953
*'' Sinea compl ...
''
Bundy
References
Reduviidae
Insects of Central America
Fauna of the Southwestern United States
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