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

Genus Sinea

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Remarks · Internet References
sinea diadema laying eggs - Sinea - female sinea diadema eggs - Sinea assasin bug nymph? - Sinea Spiny Assassin Bug (Sinea spinipes)? - Sinea Neat Assassin nymph - Sinea Sinea sp. - Sinea diadema Sinea Hemipteran from Georgia piedmont - Sinea
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 Sinea
Numbers
Nearctica.com lists 11 species for North America
Size
Circa 10 mm
Identification
Some (all?) species have distinctive spines--see references.
Remarks
Looks like a distinctive and commonly-seen genus.
Internet References
Oklahoma Biological Survey--Spined Assassin Bug, Sinea diadema
Insects of Cedar Creek--S. diadema
Forestry Images--S. spinipes
North Carolina State University Entomology Collection lists 3 species for that state, with two very common: diadema (265 pinned), spinipes (146 pinned)
Contributed by Cotinis on 23 June, 2004 - 3:57pm

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