''Gardena'' is a genus of thread-legged bugs in the subfamily

Emesinae The Emesinae, or thread-legged bugs, are a subfamily of the Reduviidae (i.e., assassin bugs). They are conspicuously different from the other reduviids by their very slender body form. They are stalking, predatory insects that can be collected on ...

. It is the second-largest genus in the tribe Emesinii. Presently there are 46 described species.*Ishikawa. 2005
The thread-legged assassin bug genus Gardena (Heteroptera: reduviidae) from Japan
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Partial species list

These 10 species belong to the genus ''Gardena'': * '' Gardena albiannulata'' Ishikawa, 2005^g * '' Gardena brevicollis'' Stål, 1871^g * '' Gardena cheesmanae'' Wygodzinsky, 1958 * '' Gardena elkinsi'' Wygodzinsky, 1966^{i c g b} * '' Gardena faustina'' McAtee & Malloch, 1925^g * '' Gardena insignis'' Horvath, 1887^g * '' Gardena insperata'' P. V. Putshkov, 1988 * '' Gardena melinarthrum'' Dohrn, 1860^{i c g} * '' Gardena muscicapa'' (Bergroth, 1906)^g * '' Gardena poppaea'' McAtee and Malloch, 1925^{i c g} Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

References

Reduviidae Cimicomorpha genera {{Cimicomorpha-stub