IRMNG - Zelus Fabricius, 1803

IRMNG taxon details

Zelus Fabricius, 1803

IRMNG_ID

1291050 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1291050)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Reduviidae Latreille, 1807

Synonymised names

Diplocodus Cianferoni, 2024 · unaccepted (Treated as subgenus)

Diplodus Amyot & Serville, 1843 · unaccepted > junior homonym (unassessed)

Zelesus Rafinesque, 1815 · unaccepted

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Species Zelus cervicalis Stal, 1872
Species Zelus exsanguis Stal, 1862
Species Zelus longipes (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Zelus luridus Stal, 1862
Species Zelus nugax Stal, 1862
Species Zelus renardii Kolenati, 1856
Species Zelus tetracanthus Stal, 1862
Species Zelus bispinosus Fabricius, 1803 accepted as Euagoras bispinosus (Fabricius, 1803)
Species Zelus dorycus Boisduval, 1835 accepted as Euagoras dorycus (Boisduval, 1835)
Species Zelus taurus Fabricius, 1903 accepted as Repipta taurus (Fabricius, 1803)
Species Zelus triacantharis Fabricius, 1803 accepted as Polytoxus triacantharis (Fabricius, 1803)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Syst. Rhyng.
page(s): 281 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Zelus Fabricius, 1803. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1291050 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (10)

original description Syst. Rhyng.
page(s): 281 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record SN2000 unverified [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source CoL 2006 [details]

extant flag source SN2000 unverified [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Zelesus Rafinesque, 1815) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l'universe et des corps organisés. Palermo: Jean Barravecchia. 224 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/106607
page(s): 120 [details]

original description (of Diplodus Amyot & Serville, 1843) Amyot, C.J.B. & Audinet-Serville, J.G. (1843). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Hémiptères. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 676 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35025
page(s): 370 [details]

original description (of Diplocodus Cianferoni, 2024) Cianferoni, F. (2024). Nomenclatural remarks on the subgeneric classification of Zelus Fabricius, 1803 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae), with a new replacement name. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5418(4): 399-400., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5418.4.8 [details]