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Zelus Fabricius, 1802
Taxonomic Serial No.: 107367

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Zelus (Diplacodus) Kirkaldy, 1900
		Zelus (Pindus) Stål, 1862
		Zelus (Zelus) Fabricius, 1803
		Iquitozelus Bérenger, 2003
		Zelus (Diplocodus) Van Duzee, 1916
	Common Name(s):

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2018

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Protostomia
	Superphylum	Ecdysozoa
	Phylum	Arthropoda – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods
	Subphylum	Hexapoda – hexapods
	Class	Insecta – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes
	Subclass	Pterygota – insects ailés, winged insects
	Infraclass	Neoptera – modern, wing-folding insects
	Superorder	Paraneoptera
	Order	Hemiptera Linnaeus, 1758 – true bugs, hemipterans
	Suborder	Heteroptera Latreille, 1810 – true bugs, barbeiro, maria fedida, percevejo, heteropterans
	Infraorder	Cimicomorpha – thaumastocorid bugs
	Superfamily	Reduvoidea
	Family	Reduviidae Latreille, 1807 – assassin bugs, réduves, assassin-bugs
	Subfamily	Harpactorinae Amyot and Serville, 1843
	Tribe	Harpactorini Amyot and Serville, 1843
	Genus	Zelus Fabricius, 1802
		Direct Children:
	Species	Zelus aithaleos Zhang and Hart in Zhang et al., 2016
	Species	Zelus amblycephalus Zhang and Hart in Zhang et al., 2016
	Species	Zelus ambulans Stål, 1862
	Species	Zelus annulosus (Stål, 1866)
	Species	Zelus antiguensis Zhang and Hart in Zhang et al., 2016
	Species	Zelus araneiformis Haviland, 1931
	Species	Zelus armillatus (Lepeletier and Serville, 1825)
	Species	Zelus auralanus Zhang and Hart in Zhang et al., 2016
	Species	Zelus bahiensis Zhang and Hart in Zhang et al., 2016
	Species	Zelus banksi Zhang and Hart in Zhang et al., 2016
	Species	Zelus bruneri de Zayas, 1960
	Species	Zelus casii Zhang and Hart in Zhang et al., 2016
	Species	Zelus cervicalis Stål, 1872
	Species	Zelus chamaeleon Stål, 1872
	Species	Zelus championi Zhang and Hart in Zhang et al., 2016
	Species	Zelus cognatus (Costa, 1864)
	Species	Zelus conjungens (Stål, 1860)
	Species	Zelus cordazulus Zhang and Hart in Zhang et al., 2016
	Species	Zelus couturieri (Bérenger, 2003)
	Species	Zelus dispar Fabricius, 1803
	Species	Zelus errans Fabricius, 1803
	Species	Zelus erythrocephalus Fabricius, 1803
	Species	Zelus exsanguis Stål, 1862
	Species	Zelus fasciatus Champion, 1899
	Species	Zelus filicauda Bergroth, 1893
	Species	Zelus fuliginatus Zhang and Hart in Zhang et al., 2016
	Species	Zelus gilboventris Zhang and Hart in Zhang et al., 2016
	Species	Zelus gracilipes Zhang and Hart in Zhang et al., 2016
	Species	Zelus gradarius Bergroth, 1905
	Species	Zelus grandoculus Zhang and Hart in Zhang et al., 2016
	Species	Zelus grassans Stål, 1862
	Species	Zelus illotus Berg, 1879
	Species	Zelus impar Kuhlgatz and Melichar, 1902
	Species	Zelus inconstans Champion, 1899
	Species	Zelus iopterus (Perty, 1832)
	Species	Zelus janus Stål, 1862
	Species	Zelus kartabensis Haviland, 1931
	Species	Zelus kartaboides Zhang and Hart in Zhang et al., 2016
	Species	Zelus korystos Hart, 1987
	Species	Zelus laticornis (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1850)
	Species	Zelus leucogrammus (Perty, 1833)
	Species	Zelus lewisi Zhang and Hart in Zhang et al., 2016
	Species	Zelus litigiosus Stål, 1872
	Species	Zelus longipes (Linnaeus, 1767)
	Species	Zelus luridus Stål, 1862
	Species	Zelus mattogrossensis Wygodzinsky, 1947
	Species	Zelus means Fabricius, 1803
	Species	Zelus mimus Stål, 1862
	Species	Zelus minutus Hart, 1987
	Species	Zelus modestus (Stål, 1860)
	Species	Zelus nigromaculatus Champion, 1899
	Species	Zelus nugax Stål, 1862
	Species	Zelus panamensis Zhang and Hart in Zhang et al., 2016
	Species	Zelus paracephalus Zhang and Hart in Zhang et al., 2016
	Species	Zelus pedestris Fabricius, 1803
	Species	Zelus plagiatus (Signoret, 1852)
	Species	Zelus prolixus (Stål, 1860)
	Species	Zelus puertoricensis Hart, 1987
	Species	Zelus renardii Kolenati, 1857
	Species	Zelus rosulentus Zhang in Zhang et al., 2016
	Species	Zelus ruficeps Stål, 1862
	Species	Zelus russulumus Zhang and Hart in Zhang et al., 2016
	Species	Zelus spatulosus Zhang and Hart in Zhang et al., 2016
	Species	Zelus sphegeus Fabricius, 1803
	Species	Zelus subfasciatus (Stål, 1860)
	Species	Zelus subimpressus Stål, 1872
	Species	Zelus sulcicollis Champion, 1899
	Species	Zelus tetracanthus Stål, 1862
	Species	Zelus trimaculatus Champion, 1899
	Species	Zelus truxali Zhang and Hart in Zhang et al., 2016
	Species	Zelus umbraculoides Zhang and Hart in Zhang et al., 2016
	Species	Zelus umbraculus Zhang and Hart in Zhang et al., 2016
	Species	Zelus vagans Fabricius, 1803
	Species	Zelus varius (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1850)
	Species	Zelus versicolor (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1848)
	Species	Zelus vespiformis Hart, 1987
	Species	Zelus vittaticeps (Stål, 1866)
	Species	Zelus xouthos Zhang and Hart in Zhang et al., 2016
	Species	Zelus zayasi Bruner and Barber, 1937

	Genus	Zelus Fabricius, 1802 incertae sedis
		Children with Uncertain Position:
	Species	Zelus quadrispinosus (Fabricius, 1794)

References


	Expert(s):
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	Other Source(s):
	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Zelus

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Henry, Thomas J., and Richard C. Froeschner, eds.
	Publication Date:	1988
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States
	Page(s):	xix + 958
	Publisher:	E. J. Brill
	Publication Place:	New York, New York, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-916846-44-X
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Zelus

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Maldonado Capriles, Jenaro
	Publication Date:	1990
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Systematic Catalogue of the Reduviidae of the World (Insecta: Heteroptera)
	Page(s):	x + 694
	Publisher:	University of Puerto Rico
	Publication Place:	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:	A Special Edition of the Caribbean Journal of Science
	Reference for:	Zelus

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Zhang, Guanyang, Elwood R. Hart, and Christiane Weirauch
	Publication Date:	2016
	Article/Chapter Title:	A taxonomic monograph of the assassin bug genus Zelus Fabricius (Hemiptera: Reduviidae): 71 species based on 10,000 specimens
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Biodiversity Data Journal, no. 4, e8150
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	ISBN/ISSN:	1314-2828
	Notes:	doi: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e8150
	Reference for:	Zelus

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