Reduvius

Translingual

Reduviius personatus in sand-grain camouflage

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reduvia (“a remainder, remnant, fragment”), describing the habit of the nymph of the type species Reduvius personatus camouflaging itself with small pieces of debris.

Proper noun

Reduvius m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Reduviidae – typical assassin bugs.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Paraneoptera – superorder; Hemiptera – order; Heteroptera - suborder; Cimicomorpha - infraorder; Reduvioidea - superfamily; Reduviidae - family; Reduviinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Reduvius personatus (masked hunter) - type species

Derived terms

• Apteroreduvius
• Barlireduvius
• Gorareduvius
• Lentireduvius
• Parareduvius
• Pseudoreduvius
• Undiareduvius

References

• Reduvius on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Reduvius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Reduvius on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons