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Genus Repipta

orange and black Assassin Bug - Repipta taurus

orange and black assassin - Repipta taurus

Repipta taurus - Red Bull Assassin ... for verification and record - Repipta taurus

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 Repipta

Explanation of Names

Repipta Stål 1859

Numbers

2 spp. in our area, 25 total(1)

Size

7.5-19 mm(1)

Range

neotropical group ranging into so. US(1)

Works Cited

1.	Revision of genus Repipta Stål 1859 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) with new species and distribution data Martin-Park A., Delfín-González H., Coscarón M.C. 2012. Zootaxa 3501: 1-54.

Contributed by Cotinis on 27 June, 2004 - 11:13am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 31 January, 2020 - 6:18pm

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