''Sinea'' is a
New World
The term ''New World'' is often used to mean the majority of Earth's Western Hemisphere, specifically the Americas."America." ''The Oxford Companion to the English Language'' (). McArthur, Tom, ed., 1992. New York: Oxford University Press, p. ...
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
assassin bug
The Reduviidae are a large cosmopolitan family of the order Hemiptera (true bugs). Among the Hemiptera and together with the Nabidae almost all species are terrestrial ambush predators: most other predatory Hemiptera are aquatic. The main example ...
s, in the subfamily
Harpactorinae
The Harpactorinae are a large subfamily of the Reduviidae (assassin bugs). About 300 genera and 2,000 species worldwide have been described. Some of the species of the genera '' Zelus'', ''Pselliopus'', ''Sinea'', and '' Apiomerus'' are of intere ...
. 13 species have been described, mostly from the
Southwestern United States and
Central America
Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States to the north, Colombia to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. ...
.
List of species
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Sinea anacantha''
Hussey, 1953
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Sinea complexa''
Caudell, 1900
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Sinea confusa''
Caudell, 1901
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Sinea coronata''
Stål, 1862
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Sinea defecta''
Stål, 1862
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Sinea diadema''
(Fabricius, 1776) – spined assassin bug
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Sinea integra''
Stål 1862
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Sinea raptoria
''Sinea'' is a New World genus of Reduviidae, assassin bugs, in the subfamily Harpactorinae. 13 species have been described, mostly from the Southwestern United States and Central America.
List of species
*''Sinea anacantha'' Hussey, 1953
*''S ...
''
Stål, 1862
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Sinea rileyi''
Montandon, 1893
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Sinea sanguisuga''
Stål, 1862
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Sinea sericea''
Hussey 1953
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Sinea spinipes''
(Herrich-Schaeffer, 1846)
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Sinea undulata''
Uhler, 1894
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Sinea incognita''
Bundy
References
Reduviidae
Insects of Central America
Fauna of the Southwestern United States
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