Beharus

Beharus is a monotypic genus of assassin bugs belonging to the family Reduviidae. Its one species, B. cylindripes, is found in South America, though not restricted to the Amazon basin.[1]

Beharus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hemiptera
Infraorder:
Cimicomorpha
Family:
Reduviidae
Subfamily:
Harpactorinae
Tribe:
Apiomerini
Genus:
Beharus

Amyot & Serville, 1843

The species seems to be associated with Ponerobia bipustulata and Amauroclopius ornatus as all three were found on the same tree (Prioria copaifera).[1]

  1. Dmitri Forero (2006). "New records of Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Colombia and other Neotropical countries" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1107: 1–47. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-28.


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