A revised classification of the assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) based on combined analysis of phylogenomic and morphological data

PK Masonick, A Knyshov, ERL Gordon… - Systematic …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae Latreille) comprise not only one of the
largest radiations of predatory animals (22 subfamilies;> 6,800 spp.) but also include the …

Untangling the assassin's web: Phylogeny and classification of the spider‐associated Emesine complex (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)

S Standring, D Forero, C Weirauch - Systematic Entomology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Web‐building spiders are formidable predators, yet assassin bugs in the Emesine Complex
(Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae, Saicinae, and Visayanocorinae) prey on spiders. The …

Evaluating UCE data adequacy and integrating uncertainty in a comprehensive phylogeny of ants

ML Borowiec, YM Zhang, K Neves, MO Ramahlo… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
While some relationships in phylogenomic studies have remained stable since the era of
Sanger sequencing, many challenging nodes elude resolution, even with genome-scale …

The first report of fossil of Centrocnemidinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) in the Mesozoic

PEIPEI ZHANG, YQI LIU, D REN, YUNZHI YAO - Palaeoentomology, 2024 - mapress.com
A new genus and species of fossil of Centrocnemidinae, Acutiangulus densus Zhang, Liu &
Yao gen. et sp. nov., is described and illustrated from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber …