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Assassin Bug with syrphid - Zelus renardii
Copyright © 2006 Cotinis

Assassin Bug with syrphid - Zelus renardii
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
October 20, 2006
Size: 12 mm
Looks to be a Zelus, so I'm tentatively placing it under that genus. Length measured in place.

Some of the Central American species of Zelus from Biologia Centrali-Americana, shown on this plate (Rhynchota Vol. II, tab. 15) look close, but I don't see a very close match. (Index of plates from Insecta. Rhynchota. Hemiptera-Heteroptera . Volume II (1897-1901) by George C. Champion, are here)
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Contributed by Cotinis on 21 November, 2006 - 5:23pm
Last updated 2 October, 2008 - 8:16am

Moved
Moved from Zelus. Thinks for the ID.
… Cotinis, 2 October, 2008 - 8:16am login or register to post comments

i believe it belongs to Z. renardii page
And -- how did it manage to catch a hoverfly??? imagine the lightning strike of this guy... awesome!
… v belov, 2 October, 2008 - 3:26am login or register to post comments

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