Species Zelus luridus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Remarks

Assassin bug - Zelus nymph? - Zelus luridus

Assassin Bug feeding on Treehopper - 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)

Genus Zelus

Species luridus (Zelus luridus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Zelus luridus Stal

Remarks

The most common Zelus in the eastern US.

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 28 September, 2006 - 3:20pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Brad Barnd
Last updated 2 July, 2007 - 11:25pm

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