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

Species Sirthenea carinatus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Sirthenea
Species carinatus (Sirthenea carinatus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Sirthenea carinatus Fabricius 1798. Sometimes seen as Sirthenea carinata, a spelling/gender difference.
Size
18-25 mm
Identification
Very large, elongate, yet robust Assassin Bug with bold black and orange pattern. This is apparently the only North American member of this genus.
Range
New Jersey, Ohio south to Florida, west to Kansas, Texas, California
Habitat
Details unknown, probably includes fields, lawns, since is a predator on mole crickets.
Season
March-October (North Carolina).
Food
Predatory on other insects, including mole crickets.
Life Cycle
Allegedly takes prey underground. Apparently comes to lights in late summer/fall.
See Also
Other members of the subfamily Peiratinae, the "pirates" or "corsairs":
Melanolestes
Rasahus (especially)
Sirthenea
Print References
Slater, p. 129, fig. 239 (1)
Brimley, p. 73, gives season (2)
Internet References
Predator of Mole Crickets
North Carolina State University Entomology Collection--has 62 pinned, including specimens from that state.
Works Cited
1.How to Know the True Bugs
By Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M.
2.Insects of North Carolina
By C.S. Brimley
Contributed by Cotinis on 22 September, 2004 - 11:33pm
Last updated 25 June, 2009 - 12:15pm

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