Review of the Neotropical Peiratine genus ThymbreusStål (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)

SummaryThe peiratine genus ThymbreusStål, 1859 is reviewed and a revised diagnosis is given. Three species are recognized, redescribed and illustrated. A key is provided to help separate species of Thymbreus. The publication dates of Thymbreusand its type species, Thymbreus pyrrhopterusStål, 1859, Opinus pyrrhopterusStål, 1860 as well as T. ocellatus(Signoret, 1862) are clarified. Lectotypes of T. crocinopterusStål, 1862, Pirates semirufusWalker, 1873, T. pyrrhopterusStål, 1859 and O. pyrrhopterusStål, 1860 are designated. Systematic position, distribution, and biology of this genus are briefly discussed.