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Podisus
Herrich-Schäffer, 1851
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Podisus Herrich-Schäffer, 1851: 296, 337-338. Telepta Stål, 1860: 10. (syn. by ????) Apateticus (Eupodisus) Schouteden, 1907: 52:70, 71, 73. (new name for Podisus Herrich-Schäffer, 1851; see Thomas, 1992, p.74 for nomenclatural history) Type Species: Podisus: Podisus vittipennis Herrich-Schäffer, 1851, (= Arma nigrispina Dallas, 1851), by subsequent designation (Opinion 1755, 1994). Telepta: Telepta crassimargo StDl, 1860, by subsequent designation (Kirkaldy, 1908). Taxonomic Placement: This is a predatory group, belonging in the Asopinae. |
Included Species:
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aenescens (Stål) [image] affinis Distant borinquensis Barber brevispinus Thomas congrex (Stål) [image] cornutus (Dallas) crassimargo (Stål) [image] curvispinus Bergroth distinctus (Stål) [image] falcatus Distant formosus Costa Leite gundlachii (Guérin-Méneville) insignis Distant mactans Thomas maculiventris (Say) mexicanus Distant mucronatus Uhler |
neglectus (Westwood) nigrispinus (Dallas) nigriventris Distant pallipes (Dallas) placidus Uhler rostralis (Stål) [image] sagitta (Fabricius) schaefferi Lethierry & Severin sculptus Distant semialbus (Walker) serieventris Uhler sordidus (Stål) [image] subferrugineus Barber & Bruner tinctus (Dallas) trucidatus Thomas ventralis (Dallas) volxemi Distant |
Comments: Thomas (1992) revised the genus, providing keys for all known taxa.
Podisus placidus Uhler
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