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Species Stenolemus schwarzii

Stenolemus schwarzii Bergroth - Stenolemus schwarzii
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 Emesinae (Thread-legged Bugs)
Tribe Emesini
Genus Stenolemus
Species schwarzii (Stenolemus schwarzii)
Explanation of Names
Stenolaemus schwarzii Bergroth, 1916
Size
Length: Female, 8.5 mm., with membrane 10 mm. (Type)
Range
southernmost TX (Cameron Co.) to Honduras - Map (1)(GBIF)
Remarks
Type Locality: Mexico (Tampico, E. A. Schwarz)
Print References
Bergroth, E.E. 1916. New and little-known heteropterous Hemiptera in the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 51(2150): 215-239. (Full Text)
Works Cited
1.A monograph of the Emesinae (Reduviidae, Hemiptera)
Pedro W. Wygodzinsky. 1966. New York : [American Museum of Natural History].