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Species Zelus longipes - Milkweed Assassin Bug

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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

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

The Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Alabama, with a morphological key to species

By Clem C.S., Swanson D.R., Ray C.H.
Zootaxa 4688: 151–198, 2019

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Contributed by v belov on 23 October, 2019 - 3:57pm

An Illustrated Identification Key to Assassin Bug Subfamilies and Tribes (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)

By C. Weirauch, ...
Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification , 2014

Authors: C.Weirauch, J.-M.Bérenger, L.Berniker, D.Forero, M.Forthman, S.Frankenberg, A.Freedman, E.Gordon, R.Hoey-Chamberlain, W.S.Hwang, S.A.Marshal, A.Michael1, S.M.Paiero, O.Udah, C.Watson, M.Yeo, G.Zhang, J.Zhang
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Contributed by Iustin Cret on 24 March, 2017 - 5:50am

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