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Sphedanolestes
Sphedanolestes is a large genus of assassin bugs in the family (Reduviidae), subfamily Harpactorinae. There are currently 173 described species, most of which are found in East Africa and Asia.
33 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Sphedanolestes impressicollis
speciesSphedanolestes impressicollis

Sphedanolestes trichrous
speciesSphedanolestes trichrous

Sphedanolestes sanguineus
speciesSphedanolestes sanguineus

Sphedanolestes pubinotum
speciesSphedanolestes pubinotum

Sphedanolestes gularis
speciesSphedanolestes gularis

Sphedanolestes cingulatus
speciesSphedanolestes cingulatus

Sphedanolestes xiongi
speciesSphedanolestes xiongi

Sphedanolestes lividigaster
speciesSphedanolestes lividigaster

Sphedanolestes signatus
speciesSphedanolestes signatus

Sphedanolestes pulchellus
speciesSphedanolestes pulchellus

Sphedanolestes annulatus
speciesSphedanolestes annulatus

Sphedanolestes subtilis
speciesSphedanolestes subtilis

Sphedanolestes nanus
speciesSphedanolestes nanus

Sphedanolestes albipilosus
speciesSphedanolestes albipilosus

Sphedanolestes quadrinotatus
speciesSphedanolestes quadrinotatus

Sphedanolestes annulipes
speciesSphedanolestes annulipes

Sphedanolestes avidus
speciesSphedanolestes avidus

Sphedanolestes nodipes
speciesSphedanolestes nodipes
Sphedanolestes anabib
speciesSphedanolestes anabib
Sphedanolestes arciferus
speciesSphedanolestes arciferus
Sphedanolestes bimaculatus
speciesSphedanolestes bimaculatus
Sphedanolestes corallinus
speciesSphedanolestes corallinus
Sphedanolestes festivus
speciesSphedanolestes festivus
Sphedanolestes insignis
speciesSphedanolestes insignis
Sphedanolestes peltigerus
speciesSphedanolestes peltigerus
Sphedanolestes personatus
speciesSphedanolestes personatus
Sphedanolestes picturellus
speciesSphedanolestes picturellus
Sphedanolestes poecilus
speciesSphedanolestes poecilus
Sphedanolestes aureus
speciesSphedanolestes aureus
Sphedanolestes ornaticollis
speciesSphedanolestes ornaticollis
Sphedanolestes pulcher
speciesSphedanolestes pulcher
Sphedanolestes horvathi
speciesSphedanolestes horvathi
Sphedanolestes riffensis
speciesSphedanolestes riffensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 545895.