''Vatinius'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of African
assassin bug
The Reduviidae is a large cosmopolitan family of the suborder Heteroptera 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 ...
s (family Reduviidae), in the tribe
Harpactorini
Harpactorini is a tribe of the Harpactorinae (assassin bugs). This group is the most diverse of the entire assassin bug family, with 51 genera recognized in the Neotropical Region and 289 genera and 2003 species overall.
This tribe contains t ...
, erected by
Carl Stål
Carl Stål (21 March 1833 – 13 June 1878) was a Swedish people, Swedish entomologist specialising in Hemiptera.
He was born at Karlberg Castle, Stockholm on 21 March 1833 and died at Frösundavik near Stockholm on 13 June 1878. He was the son ...
in 1865.
[Stål C (1866). ''Hemiptera Africana''. Volume 3. Norstedtiana, Stockholm. 200 pp.]
Species
The
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) is an international organisation that focuses on making scientific data on biodiversity available via the Internet using web services. The data are provided by many institutions from around th ...
[Global Biodiversity Information Facility: ''Vatinius'' Stål, 1865]
(retrieved 20 May 2025) includes:
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Vatinius basilewskyi''
Villiers, 1962
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Vatinius desaegeri''
Schouteden, 1952
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Vatinius gouini''
Villiers, 1955
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Vatinius kivuensis''
Schouteden, 1952
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Vatinius ochropus''
(Stål, 1855)
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Vatinius overlaeti''
Schouteden, 1932
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Vatinius rhodesianus
''Vatinius'' is a genus of African assassin bugs (family Reduviidae), in the tribe Harpactorini, erected by Carl Stål in 1865.Stål C (1866). ''Hemiptera Africana''. Volume 3. Norstedtiana, Stockholm. 200 pp.
Species
The Global Biodiversity In ...
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(Miller, 1950)
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Vatinius usambarensis''
Schouteden, 1932
References
{{Taxonbar, from= Q106622549
Reduviidae
Cimicomorpha genera
Taxa described in 1865
Taxa named by Carl Stål
Hemiptera of Africa