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Genus Atrachelus

Assassin bug - Atrachelus cinereus - male Assassin bug - Atrachelus cinereus - male Reduviidae found in a pool - Atrachelus - male Reduviidae found in a pool in Gilbert, Arizona 1/31/2022. Looking for an ID. Thanks! - Atrachelus Male, Atrachelus cinereus wygodzinskyi? - Atrachelus cinereus - male Male, Atrachelus cinereus wygodzinskyi? - Atrachelus cinereus - male Male, Atrachelus cinereus wygodzinskyi? - Atrachelus cinereus - male Male, Atrachelus cinereus wygodzinskyi? - Atrachelus cinereus - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Cimicomorpha
Family Reduviidae (Assassin Bugs)
Subfamily Harpactorinae
Tribe Harpactorini
Genus Atrachelus
Pronunciation
uh-TRACK-uh-lus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
revieved in (1)
Explanation of Names
Atrachelus Amyot & Audinet-Serville 1843
'neckless' (Atrachelus has a shorter neck than Amyot & Serville's other "Zelides")
Numbers
A single species in our area, ~10 spp. in 2 subgenera total(2) (Melo & Coscarón 2005)
Size
7‒8 mm
Identification
Spines present along edge of abdomen. Small size.
Range
e. & so.US (PA‒MI to FL‒TX‒CA) to Argentina
Remarks
Males usually sexually dimorphic, with third antennomere thickened.
Works Cited
1.A synopsis of Atrachelus (Hemiptera, Reduviidae)
Elkins J.C. 1954. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 56: 97‒120.
2.BioLib.cz