Salyavatinae

Salyavatinae are a subfamily of the assassin bugs. They have a pan-tropical distribution with about 16 genera.^[1] They have two foretarsal segments and have a patch of fine hairs known as the fossula spongiosa on the fore and mid tibia. Many species tend to have spines on the head, pronotum, legs and abdomen. A few species have the foretibia flattened into leaf-like structures.^[2]

• Acosmetocoris Miller, 1954
• Alvilla Stål, 1874
• Araneaster Hesse, 1925
• Elaphocranus Bergroth, 1904
• Eudima Schouteden, 1912
• Lisarda Stål, 1859
• Paralisarda Miller, 1957
• Petalocheirus Palisot de Beauvois, 1805
• Platychiria Herrich-Schäffer, 1850
• Rhachicephala Truong, Zhao & Cai, 2007
• Rulandus Distant, 1904
• Salyavata Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
• Syberna Stål, 1874
• Tragelaphodes Bergroth, 1904
• Tritavus Hesse, 1925
• Valentia Stål, 1865

Salyavatinae
Salyavata variegata
Rhachicephala sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Reduviidae
Subfamily:	Salyavatinae Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
Type genus
Salyavata Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843

References

1. Swanson, Daniel R. (2017). "Taxonomic changes in Salyavatinae (Heteroptera: Reduviidae), with an updated generic key". Zootaxa. 4312 (3): 515. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4312.3.6.
2. Weirauch, C.; Bérenger, J.-M.; Berniker, L.; Forero, D.; Forthman, M.; Frankenberg, S.; Freedman, A.; Gordon, E.; Hoey-Chamberlain, R.; Hwang, W. S.; Marshall, S. A.; Michael, A.; Paiero, S. M.; Udah, O.; Watson, C.; Yeo, M.; Zhang, G.; Zhang, J. (2014). "An Illustrated Identification Key to Assassin Bug Subfamilies and Tribes (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)". Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification. 26: 1–115. doi:10.3752/cjai.2014.26.