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Harpactorini

Insecta - Hemiptera - Reduviidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Harpactorini Amyot and Audinet-Serville p. 355
2013Harpactorini Ghahari et al. p. 205
2014Harpactorini Zhang and Weirauch
2021Harpactorini Swanson et al. p. 1462
2024Harpactorini Masonick et al.
2025Harpactorini Zhang et al. p. 358

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Clareocercaria
—Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
—Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderHeteroptera
infraorderCimicomorphaLeston et al. 1954
superfamilyReduvioideaLatreille 1807
familyReduviidaeLatreille 1807
subfamilyHarpactorinae()
tribeHarpactorini
tribeHarpactorini

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tr. Harpactorini Amyot and Audinet-Serville 1843
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G. Amphibolus Klug 1830
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†Amphibolus disponsi Kinzelbach 1970
G. †Aphelicophontes Swanson et al. 2021
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†Aphelicophontes danjuddi Swanson et al. 2021
G. Arilus Hahn 1831
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†Arilus faujasi Riou 1999
G. Euagoras Burmeister 1835
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†Evagoras impressus Heer 1853
G. Harpactor Laporte 1832
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†Harpactor bruckmanni Heer 1853
†Harpactor constrictus Heer 1853
†Harpactor gracilis Heer 1853
†Harpactor longipes Heer 1853
†Harpactor maculipes Heer 1853
†Harpactor obsoletus Heer 1853
G. Rhynocoris Hahn 1833
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†Rhinocoris michalki Statz and Wagner 1950
G. †Trispongiosus Zhang et al. 2025
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†Trispongiosus hui Zhang et al. 2025
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MP 11 to the top of the Turolian or 48.07000 to 5.09000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 45.9 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian51.1 - 45.9USA (Colorado) Aphelicophontes danjuddi (194885)
MP 1148.07 - 41.03Germany (Hessen) Amphibolus disponsi (120036)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Rhinocoris michalki (122010)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Trispongiosus hui (222599)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Evagoras impressus (115305) Harpactor bruckmanni (122868) Harpactor constrictus (113689) Harpactor longipes (115304) Harpactor maculipes, Harpactor obsoletus (117252)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Croatia Harpactor gracilis (122874)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09France (Ardèche) Harpactor chomeraciensis, Arilus faujasi (156164)