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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Cimicomorpha » Assassin Bugs (Reduviidae) » Corsairs (Peiratinae) » Rasahus

Genus Rasahus

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited
hemiptera? - Rasahus hamatus Assassin Bug - Rasahus biguttatus Corsair Assassin - Rasahus biguttatus Hemiptera - Rasahus hamatus Rasahus - Rasahus hamatus Female, Rasahus thoracicus? - Rasahus thoracicus - female Possible (probable?) Triatoma species - Rasahus hamatus Male, Rasahus thoracicus? - Rasahus thoracicus - male
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 Peiratinae (Corsairs)
Genus Rasahus
Other Common Names
Orangespotted Assassin Bug, Corsair
Explanation of Names
Rasahus Amyot & Serville 1843
from Hebrew rashah (רשע) 'rascal'
Numbers
4 spp. in our area
Size
16-20 mm
Identification
key to eastern species in(1)
Range
neotropical group ranging into so. US: R. biguttatus NC-FL west to IA-TX-CA(2), R. hamatus se. US; other spp. southwestern
Habitat
Ground-loving, frequently found under rocks. Comes to lights.
Remarks
Caution: Some brachypterous females in the guide may have been listed as immatures. It is hard to tell the difference. Nymph's wing pads have a broader base. 'Microwings' of adult females are hinged, like full-sized wings.
Works Cited
1.The Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Alabama, with a morphological key to species
Clem C.S., Swanson D.R., Ray C.H. 2019. Zootaxa 4688: 151–198.
2.How to Know the True Bugs
Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M. 1978. Wm. C. Brown Company.
Contributed by Mike Boone on 7 July, 2005 - 4:13pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 18 May, 2020 - 7:33pm

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