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Reduviidae (from the contained
genus, Reduvius, which comes from the Latin reduvia, meaning "hangnail"
or "remnant") is a large, cosmopolitan family of predatory insects in
the suborder Heteroptera. It includes assassin bugs (genera include
Melanolestes, Platymeris, Pselliopus, Rasahus, Reduvius, Rhiginia,
Sinea, Triatoma, and Zelus), ambush bugs (subfamily Phymatinae), wheel
bugs (Arilus cristatus), and thread-legged bugs (the subfamily Emesinae,
including the genus Emesaya). There are about 7000 species altogether,
making it one of the largest families in the Hemiptera.
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