Taxon classification Animalia Hemiptera Reduviidae

Oncocephalus Klug

Reduvius (Oncocephalus) Klug, 1830: 2. Type species: Reduvius (Oncocephalus) notatus Klug, 1830.

Oncocephalus Fieber, 1860: 42.

Diagnosis.

(After Giacchi, 1984) Body oval. Eyes of male large, eyes of female smaller, with several rather distinct setigerous tubercles behind eyes. Antennae and tibiae with long setae, particularly in males. Basal segment of rostrum shorter than the two apical segments together. Fore femora strongly incrassate and distinctly spinose (with one or two row(s) of teeth on the ventral side).