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Genus Repipta

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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 Harpactorinae
Tribe Harpactorini
Genus Repipta
Explanation of Names
Repipta Stål 1859
Numbers
2 spp. in our area, 25 total(1)
Size
7.5-19 mm(1)
Range
neotropical group ranging into so. US(1)
Works Cited
1.Revision of genus Repipta Stål 1859 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) with new species and distribution data
Martin-Park A., Delfín-González H., Coscarón M.C. 2012. Zootaxa 3501: 1-54.