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

Species Zelus luridus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Remarks
Tiny Bug - Zelus luridus Assassin Bug - Zelus luridus eggs? - Zelus luridus Assassin Bug - Zelus luridus Assassin Bug - Zelus luridus Assassin Nymph - Zelus luridus Leafhopper Assassin Bug? - Zelus luridus - male assassin bug nymph with prey - Zelus luridus
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 Zelus
Species luridus (Zelus luridus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Zelus luridus Stål, 1862
Size
14-15 mm (personal observation/measurement, P. Coin, Durham NC)
Range
Eastern North America
Remarks
The most common Zelus in the eastern US.
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 28 September, 2006 - 3:20pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Hannah Nendick-Mason, Bbarnd
Last updated 23 April, 2010 - 9:06pm

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