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Species Empicoris rubromaculatus

Empicoris sp. - Empicoris rubromaculatus

Thread-Legged Bug - Empicoris? - Empicoris rubromaculatus

Thread-legged Bug - Empicoris rubromaculatus

Emesinae of some kind ?? - Empicoris rubromaculatus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Family Reduviidae (Assassin Bugs)

Subfamily Emesinae (Thread-legged Bugs)

Genus Empicoris

Species rubromaculatus (Empicoris rubromaculatus)

Identification

Can be easily distinguished from other species in the genus by the lateral carinae of the hind lobe of the pronotum being distinguishable only at the anterior extremities (in other species lateral carinae complete) (1)

Range

CA, IN, MS, VA, FL(1)

Works Cited

1.	How to Know the True Bugs By Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M.

Contributed by v belov on 26 March, 2009 - 9:39am

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