title: Transfer of the assassin bug Nitornus fuliginosus to the genus Apronius <br />(Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Stenopodainae).
abstract: Based on examination of its lectotype (here designated), the assassin bug Nitornus fuliginosus Distant, 1902 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Stenopodainae) is transferred to the genus Apronius Stål, 1865, with the resulting new combination: Apronius fuliginosus (Distant, 1902), comb. nov.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Diptera, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Av. Brasil, 4365, 21040-360, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.; Email: helciogil@uol.com.br.
authors.forename: Hélcio R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Gil-Santana
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5 BD, U.K.; Email: m.webb@nhm.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Webb
mesh_terms: D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D005260:Female; D009929:Organ Size; D020064:Reduviidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development