Cardiastethus is a genus of minute pirate bugs in the family Lyctocoridae. There are more than 20 described species in Cardiastethus.
Species
These 23 species belong to the genus Cardiastethus:
Cardiastethus assimilis (Reuter, 1871) i c g b
Cardiastethus borealis Kelton, 1977 i c g b
Cardiastethus brevirostris
Cardiastethus brounianus
Cardiastethus consors
Cardiastethus elegans
Cardiastethus exiguus Poppius, 1913 g
Cardiastethus fasciiventris (Garbiglietti, 1869) g
Cardiastethus flaveolus Blatchley, 1928 i c g
Cardiastethus flavus Poppius, 1909 g
Cardiastethus fulvescens (Walker, 1872) i c
Cardiastethus hiurai
Cardiastethus kathmandu
Cardiastethus laeviusculus Poppius, 1915 g
Cardiastethus linnavuorii
Cardiastethus longiceps Poppius, 1915 g
Cardiastethus luridellus (Fieber, 1860) i c g
Cardiastethus minutissimus Usinger, 1946 i c g
Cardiastethus nazarenus Reuter, 1884 g
Cardiastethus nepalensis
Cardiastethus pergandei Reuter, 1884 i c g
Cardiastethus poweri
Cardiastethus pseudococci Wagner, 1951 g
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
References
Yamada, K. 2016. Cardiastethus brevirostris and its close relatives from Asia, with descriptions of four new species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Anthocoridae). Entomologia Americana 122(1-2), pages 1–17,