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Petalocheirus
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Petalocheirus

Petalocheirus is a genus of assassin bugs in the subfamily Salyavatinae. Species in the genus have a leaf-like broadening of the foretibia, and many species are known to be predators of termites. The genus is distributed in the tropics of Africa and Asia and species in apparently closely related genera such as Platychira may need further examination.

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9 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Petalocheirus brachialis

speciesPetalocheirus brachialis

Petalocheirus pugil

speciesPetalocheirus pugil

Petalocheirus malayus

speciesPetalocheirus malayus

Petalocheirus inimicus

speciesPetalocheirus inimicus

Petalocheirus lapidarius

speciesPetalocheirus lapidarius

Petalocheirus rapinator

speciesPetalocheirus rapinator

Petalocheirus variegatus

speciesPetalocheirus variegatus

Petalocheirus burmanus

speciesPetalocheirus burmanus

Petalocheirus perakensis

speciesPetalocheirus perakensis

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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 499424.