| Ectrichodia | |
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| Ectrichodia crux, Namibia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Reduviidae |
| Subfamily: | Ectrichodiinae |
| Genus: | Ectrichodia Lepeletier & Serville, 1825 |
Ectrichodia is a genus of assassin bugs in the family Reduviidae. There are more than 30 described species in Ectrichodia, found mainly in southern Africa.[1][2][3]
Species
[edit]These 34 species belong to the genus Ectrichodia:
- Ectrichodia abbreviata (Distant, 1903)
- Ectrichodia andersoni (Kirby, 1895)
- Ectrichodia antennalis Stål, 1859
- Ectrichodia barbicornis (Fabricius, 1775)
- Ectrichodia bigemmis (Stål, 1855)
- Ectrichodia carinulata (Stål, 1874)
- Ectrichodia carnifex Gerstaecker, 1873
- Ectrichodia collarti Schouteden, 1931
- Ectrichodia crux (Thunberg, 1783)
- Ectrichodia cuprea Breddin, 1905
- Ectrichodia dimera (Karsch, 1892)
- Ectrichodia distincta (Signoret, 1782)
- Ectrichodia diversipes Walker, 1873
- Ectrichodia gigas (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1848)
- Ectrichodia humeralis Breddin, 1903
- Ectrichodia lucida (Lepeletier & Serville, 1825)
- Ectrichodia marginicolllis Walker, 1873
- Ectrichodia mozambica Villiers, 1945
- Ectrichodia nigriceps Villiers, 1945
- Ectrichodia nigripes Stal, 1859
- Ectrichodia pictipes Walker, 1873
- Ectrichodia pyrophila Walker, 1873
- Ectrichodia rodhaini (Schouteden, 1919)
- Ectrichodia roulingi Schouteden, 1919
- Ectrichodia royi Villiers, 1963
- Ectrichodia rubrifemur Breddin, 1901
- Ectrichodia sagonai Schouteden, 1929
- Ectrichodia senegalensis (Schouteden, 1919)
- Ectrichodia spec Valdes, 1910
- Ectrichodia suta Bergroth, 1914
- Ectrichodia tarsalis Stål, 1859
- Ectrichodia tinantae Schouteden, 1929
- Ectrichodia uelensis Schouteden, 1931
- Ectrichodia vedyi Schouteden, 1952
References
[edit]- ^ "ITIS report, Ectrichodia". Retrieved 2025-10-24.
- ^ "GBIF, Ectrichodia". Retrieved 2025-10-24.
- ^ "Catalogue of Life, Ectrichodia Lepeletier & Serville, 1825". Retrieved 2025-10-24.
External links
[edit]- Citizen science observations for Ectrichodia at iNaturalist
Media related to Ectrichodia at Wikimedia Commons
