- Source: Peiratinae
The Peiratinae are a subfamily of assassin bugs (Reduviidae) known as corsairs. The subfamily has a worldwide distribution, but is concentrated in tropical areas. About 30 genera with 350 species are described.
Peirates Serville sensu stricto is one of the largest genera of Peiratinae with about 40 valid species worldwide, mainly distributed in the Oriental, Palearctic and Ethiopian regions. After 1831, the subfamily changed many times as new species were being discovered. The Peirates Serville sensu stricto is the one of the 40 that has been identified to have a very different biology. Of the 30-40 known genera, Sirthenea is found on all continents.
Selected genera
Eidmannia Taeuber, 1934
Melanolestes Stål, 1866
Phorastes Kirkaldy, 1900
Rasahus Amyot and Serville, 1843
Sirthenea Spinola, 1840
Thymbreus Stål, 1859
Tydides Stål, 1865
References
Further reading
Chłond, Dominik; Bugaj-Nawrocka, Agnieszka (23 October 2015). "Distribution Pattern and Climate Preferences of the Representatives of the Cosmopolitan Genus Sirthenea Spinola, 1840 (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Peiratinae)". PLOS ONE. 10 (10): e0140801. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1040801C. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0140801. PMC 4619806. PMID 26495965.
Zhao, Guangyu; Li, Hu; Zhao, Ping; Cai, Wanzhi (17 February 2015). "Comparative Mitogenomics of the Assassin Bug Genus Peirates (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Peiratinae) Reveal Conserved Mitochondrial Genome Organization of P. atromaculatus, P. fulvescens and P. turpis". PLOS ONE. 10 (2): e0117862. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1017862Z. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0117862. PMC 4331094. PMID 25689825.
