Genus Sinea

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

assassin bug on goldenrod - Sinea diadema

Assassin Bug....Sinea spinipes? - Sinea spinipes

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 Harpactorinae

Genus Sinea

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Sinea Amyot and Serville, 1843

Explanation of Names

From Hebrew s'neh (For those who have Unicode fonts with Hebrew latters: םנה, for those who don't: spelled out "samekh nun he")- "thorn bush". This is the word used in the Hebrew scriptures/Christian Old Testament for the Burning Bush. There's been much speculation over the centuries about the specific plant meant- in Modern Hebrew it refers to blackberries and other brambles in the genus Rubus

Numbers

11 spp. north of Mexico.(1)

Size

Circa 10 mm

Identification

Front tibiae have prominent spines--compare Acholla.

Range

All over the US and southern Canada.

See Also

Acholla--lacks spines

Print References

Slater and Baranowski, p. 124, fig. 225 (Sinea diadema), description of Sinea spinipes (2)

The Century Dictionary, entry for Sinea (3)

Internet References

North Carolina State University Entomology Collection lists 3 species for that state, with two very common: diadema (265 pinned), spinipes (146 pinned)--these are the widespread species in the East; sanguisuga (1 pinned)

Histoire naturelle des insectes, Hémiptéres, p.375 Amyot's and Serville's original description of the genus

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico By Ross H. Arnett

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

3.	The Century Dictionary: an encyclopedic lexicon of the English language

Contributed by Cotinis on 23 June, 2004 - 3:57pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, v belov
Last updated 2 October, 2010 - 6:13pm

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