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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Assassin Bugs (Reduviidae) » Rhiginia

Genus Rhiginia

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Assassin Bug - Rhiginia cruciata Assassin Bug - Rhiginia cruciata Bug - Rhiginia cruciata Red&Black - Rhiginia cruciata Scarlet-bordered Assassin Bug - Rhiginia cruciata Rhiginia cruciata Black and Red Beware - Rhiginia cruciata Scralet-bordered assassin bug - Rhiginia cruciata
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)
Genus Rhiginia
Explanation of Names
Etymology obscure. Author of the genus is Stal, 1859 (or 1860?). Perhaps Rhiginia is somehow based on Rhigi, a mountain in Switzerland (also in Massachusetts). In addition, Rhigia is a genus of syrphid flies. Perhaps an eponym? (Based on Internet searches.)
Numbers
Nearctica.com lists two species in genus (cruciata and, cinctiventris) as do Slater (1) and Arnett, p. 265 (2)
Size
12-19 mm
Identification
Similar to Apiomerus, but even stronger red/black pattern.
Range
R. cruciata occurs in eastern North America. R. cinctiventris is found from Louisiana to Arizona.
Print References
Slater, pp. 128-129 (1)
Taber, p. 81, fig. 69, discusses life history, range, of R. cinctiventris. (3)
Internet References
Arizona Hemiptera--R. cinctiventris
Works Cited
1.How to Know the True Bugs
By Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M.
2.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
By Ross H. Arnett
3.Insects of the Texas Lost Pines (W.L. Moody, Jr., Natural History Series, No. 33)
By Stephen W. Taber, Scott B. Fleenor
Contributed by Cotinis on 9 June, 2004 - 1:14pm
Last updated 13 April, 2005 - 4:43am

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