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Species Pselliopus spinicollis

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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
Genus Pselliopus
Species spinicollis (Pselliopus spinicollis)
Explanation of Names
Pselliopus spinicollis (Champion 1899)
Identification
Only two Nearctic Pselliopus have tubercles on pronotal lobes. Of those, P. latifasciatus is more eastern and is only recorded as far west as Colorado. The speckles, in addition to the rings, on the femora are supposedly indicative as well.
Range
BC-CA