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Tribe Harpactorini

Wheelbug Laying Eggs - Arilus cristatus - female  found on porch in early November; has wings - Arilus cristatus Orange Assassin Bug on Salvia - Pselliopus barberi Cool bug - Arilus cristatus Arilus cristatus Pale Green Assassin Bug - Zelus luridus Arizona True Bug for ID - Castolus ferox White and Black Insect - Arilus cristatus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Cimicomorpha
Family Reduviidae (Assassin Bugs)
Subfamily Harpactorinae
Tribe Harpactorini
Numbers
>2000 spp. in almost 300 genera worldwide