Taxon classification Animalia Hemiptera Reduviidae

Stenopoda Laporte

Stenopoda Laporte, 1832: 26.

Type species.

Stenopoda cinerea Laporte, 1832.

Diagnosis.

(After Barber 1930, Giacchi 1969, Giacchi 1988b) First labial segment shorter than the second and third segments combined. Postocular region shorter than preocular one. Body and appendages with dense, adpressed pubescence and numerous tiny, erect bristles. Margins of head nearly parallel-sided in dorsal view, abruptly constricted at neck. Two median dorsal carinae (1+1) more or less elevated.