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Zelus renardii and Z. tetracanthus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae): Biological attributes and the potential for dispersal ...

By Christiane Weirauch, Claudia Alvarez, Guanyang Zhang
Florida Entomologist, 95(3):641-649, 2012

Full title: Zelus renardii and Z. tetracanthus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae): Biological attributes and the potential for dispersal in two assassin bug species
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Contributed by Iustin Cret on 31 May, 2019 - 6:10pm

A taxonomic monograph of the assassin bug genus Zelus Fabricius (Hemiptera: Reduviidae): 71 species based on 10,000 specimens

By Guanyang Zhang, Elwood R Hart, Christiane Weirauch
Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e8150 , 2016

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Contributed by Iustin Cret on 8 July, 2016 - 7:40pm

Genus Zelus Fabricius in the United States, Canada, and Northern Mexico (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)

By Hart E.R.
Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 79: 535-548, 1986

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Contributed by v belov on 16 May, 2012 - 4:29pm

Contribution to the morphology and phylogeny of the Reduvioidea. Part IV. The Harpactoroid complex

By Davis N.T.
Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 62: 74‒94, 1969

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Contributed by v belov on 2 March, 2010 - 6:14pm

Sinopse dos Apiomerini, com chave ilustrada para os gêneros (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Reduviidae, Harpactorinae)

By Gil-Santana H.R., Costa L.A.A., Forero D., Zeraik S.O.
Publ. avuls. Mus. nac. Rio de Janeiro 97: 1‒21, 2003

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Contributed by v belov on 2 March, 2010 - 5:56pm

The Reduviidae of Texas.

By Elkins, J.S.
Texas Journal of Science, 3: 407-412., 1951

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Elkins, J.S. (1951). The Reduviidae of Texas. Texas Journal of Science, 3: 407-412.

Before 1913 no comprehensive work on the family Reduviidae (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) existed for North America. Stal’s Enumeratio Hemipterorum (1872) furnished a means for the determination of the genera then known. Champion’s work on the Rhynchota (1898) considered the Reduviidae of Central America, including many species that ranged as far north as the United States. Fracker (1913) published the first North American monograph, with a key to fifty-six genera and one hundred sixty-eight species. Subsequently, Readio (1927) monographed the Reduviidae of America north of Mexico, and although this work was essentially biological, it did assemble the best of all previous work.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 3 December, 2025 - 12:57pm

Two new species of Reduviidae from the United States (Hem.).

By Barber, H.G.
The Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 24(4): 103-104., 1922

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Barber, H.G. 1922. Two new species of Reduviidae from the United States (Hem.). The Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 24(4): 103-104.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 3 November, 2024 - 9:09pm

Assassin Bugs of Virginia (Heteroptera: Reduviidae)

By Hoffman R.L.
The Insects of Virginia 15: vi+73 pp., 2006

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Contributed by v belov on 14 November, 2019 - 1:08am

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