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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Cimicomorpha » Assassin Bugs (Reduviidae) » Reduviinae » Reduvius » Reduvius vanduzeei

Species Reduvius vanduzeei

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Works Cited
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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 Reduviinae
Genus Reduvius
Species vanduzeei (Reduvius vanduzeei)
Explanation of Names
Reduvius vanduzeei Wygodzinsky & Usinger 1964
named after Edward Payson Van Duzee
Size
13-14 mm
Identification
Within the senilis group, this species may be recognized by the larger size (the others <12 mm) and the distinctly bicolorous pronotum. The dark corial spots are shared with R. senilis.
Range
CA, AZ, TX, UT(1)(2)(BG data)
Works Cited
1.The genus Reduvius Fabricius in western North America (Reduviidae, Hemiptera, Insecta)
Wygodzinsky P., Usinger R.L. 1964. American Museum Novitates 2175: 1-15.
2.Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States
Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.
Contributed by Boris Büche on 10 November, 2008 - 1:26pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, drswanny, v belov
Last updated 1 August, 2019 - 11:27pm

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