Abstract
Based on a re-examination of the type materials of all described species and additional non-type specimens, the genus Sphaeridops Amyot & Serville, 1843 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Sphaeridopinae) is revised. Sphaeridops eulus Maldonado & Santiago-Blay, 1992 is downgraded to a new synonym of S. amoenus (Lepeletier & Serville, 1825); S. pallescens (Walker, 1873), erroneously treated as a junior synonym of S. amoenus by previous authors, is revalidated. A revised diagnosis and a redescription of the genus and its included species are given, all species are illustrated, and an updated key to the species of Sphaeridops is presented.
Subject
Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics