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''Cosmoclopius'' is a
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 n ...
of South American
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 exa ...
s (insects in the family Reduviidae), 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 interes ...
. 7 species have been described.


Partial list of species

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Cosmoclopius curacavensis ''Cosmoclopius'' is a genus of South American assassin bugs (insects in the family Reduviidae), in the subfamily Harpactorinae. 7 species have been described. Partial list of species *'' Cosmoclopius curacavensis'' Cobben and Wygodzinsky 1975 ...
'' Cobben and Wygodzinsky 1975 *''
Cosmoclopius nigroannulatus ''Cosmoclopius nigroannulatus'' is a species of assassin bug family (Reduviidae), in the subfamily Harpactorinae. It is a predator of pests in tobacco fields. Its main prey is the tobacco grayish bug, '' Spartocera dentiventris'' Berg (Hem.: C ...
'' Stal


References

Reduviidae Cimicomorpha genera Hemiptera of South America {{Cimicomorpha-stub