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

Species Pselliopus cinctus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Pselliopus with Chinavia - Pselliopus cinctus

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 Pselliopus

Species cinctus (Pselliopus cinctus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pselliopus cinctus (Fabricius, 1776)

Size

12-13 mm

Identification

Dull orange, marked with black and white, especially legs and antennae (1). Pselliopus cinctus and Pselliopus barberi appear to be the two widespread species in the eastern United States. Dull-orange adults from this area are likely (?) cinctus, and bright orange ones are likely (?) barberi. This guide is being written somewhat provisionally at the species level.

Range

Includes eastern United States.

Habitat

Found on vegetation, often where other insects visit flowers.

Food

Predatory on other insects.

Life Cycle

Adults likely overwinter.

See Also

Pselliopus barberi

Print References

Slater, pp. 124-5, fig. 227 (1)

Arnett, pp. 265-6, fig. 20.40 (2)

Brimley, p. 73, notes from North Carolina (3)

Arnett and Jacques, account #53 (4)

Salsbury, Insects in Kansas, p. 110--color photo (5)

Internet References

NCSU Entomology collection--over 100 specimens pinned

Checklist of the Hemiptera of Oklahoma

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 North Carolina By C.S. Brimley

4.	Simon & Schuster's Guide to Insects By Dr. Ross H. Arnett, Dr. Richard L. Jacques

5.	Insects in Kansas By Glenn A. Salsbury and Stephan C. White

Contributed by Cotinis on 12 May, 2006 - 2:41pm
Last updated 8 October, 2009 - 10:07am

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