{{Short description|Genus of true bugs}} {{Italic title}} {{Automatic_taxobox | taxon = Psyttala | authority = Stål, 1859 | synonyms = ''Psytalla'' Auctt. (Missp.) }}
'''''Psyttala''''' is a genus of insects belonging to the assassin bugs.<ref>Maldonado Capriles J. (1990) - Catalogue of the Reduviidae of the World - Caribbean Journal of Science, University of Puerto Rico</ref><ref>[https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/13/11/1014 Bugaj-Nawrocka et al. (2022) ''Psyttala horrida'' (Stål, 1865) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Reduviinae)—A Morphological Study of Eggs and Nymphs. Insects, 13(11), 1014; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13111014]</ref> The genus name is commonly misspelled as ''Psytalla'' (e.g.<ref>[https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id917565/ Biolib]</ref>), but the original author Carl Stål spelt it ''Psyttala''.<ref name=Stal59>{{Citation |mode=cs1 |last1=Stål |first1=C. |date=1859 |title=Till Kännedomen om Redviini |journal=Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar |volume=16 |pages=175–204 }} [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15963309 p. 187] Retrieved 2026-03-01.</ref>
==Species== * ''Psyttala ducalis''<small> (Westwood, 1845) </small> * ''Psyttala dudgeoni''<small> Distant, 1919 </small> * ''Psyttala horrida''<small> (Stål, 1865) </small> * ''Psyttala incognita''<small> Distant, 1919 </small> * ''Psyttala johnstoni''<small> Distant, 1919 </small> * ''Psyttala samwelli''<small> Distant, 1919</small>
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Category:Reduviidae Category:Cimicomorpha genera Category:Taxa named by Carl Stål
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