''Sinea'' is a
New World
The term "New World" is used to describe the majority of lands of Earth's Western Hemisphere, particularly the Americas, and sometimes Oceania."America." ''The Oxford Companion to the English Language'' (). McArthur, Tom, ed., 1992. New York: ...
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
assassin bug
The Reduviidae is a large cosmopolitan family of the suborder Heteroptera 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 ...
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 list of regions of the United States, region of the United States that includes Arizona and New Mexico, along with adjacen ...
and
Central America
Central America is a subregion of North America. Its political boundaries are defined as bordering Mexico to the north, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. Central America is usually ...
.
See
Sinea diadema for more detail about a representative species.
List of species
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Sinea anacantha''
Hussey, 1953
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Sinea complexa
''Sinea complexa'' is a species of assassin bug in the family Reduviidae
The Reduviidae is a large Cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan family of the suborder Heteroptera of the Order (biology), order Hemiptera (true bugs). Among the Hemipt ...
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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''
(Fabricius, 1776) – spined assassin bug
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Sinea integra''
Stål 1862
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Sinea raptoria''
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''
Uhler, 1894
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Sinea incognita''
Bundy
References
Reduviidae
Insects of Central America
Fauna of the Southwestern United States
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