Type of Mantidfly? - Stenolemus lanipes

Moved

Moved from Stenolemus. A key covering 3 of 4 species in genus (see genus guide page) plus range statements and description in Slater (1), indicate that all the photos we have to date are of Stenolemus lanipes. Thus I am moving all images assigned at the genus level to the new guide page.

… Cotinis, 2 September, 2008 - 10:01pm

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Eric is right, it's Stenolemus

This genus of reduviid is know to be very hairy! They are also quite tiny, great find!

… J. D. Bradshaw, 20 February, 2006 - 10:23pm

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I figured it out:-)

This is a specimen of an assassin bug in the genus Stenolemus! Very cool. Apparently at least a few species hunt spiders in their webs. Family Reduviidae, subfamily Emesinae.

… Eric R. Eaton, 8 September, 2005 - 3:43pm

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Thanks

Thanks for cropping the image..I couldn't figure out how to crop it without having the white showing around it.

… Jason Widlacki, 29 June, 2005 - 10:37pm

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Cropped

I cropped and resubmitted this one. If you don't mind, try to submit them this way in the future so we can get a better luck.

It's a pretty little thing! I'm perplexed though. I wanna say assassin, but I've never seen one with fuzzy legs.

… Troy Bartlett, 28 June, 2005 - 8:43pm

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Hemiptera

Looks more like a true bug, perhaps one of the assasin bugs

… Dennis Profant, 25 June, 2005 - 9:40pm

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