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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) » Harpactorinae » Harpactorini » Sinea » Spined Assassin Bug (Sinea diadema)

Species Sinea diadema - Spined Assassin Bug

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Life Cycle · Works Cited
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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 Sinea
Species diadema (Spined Assassin Bug)
Other Common Names
Common Brown Assassin Bug, Spiny Assassin Bug, Crowned Assassin Bug
Explanation of Names
Sinea diadema (Fabricius 1776)
diadema 'crown' (after spiky head)
Size
10‒15 mm(1)
Identification
head, thorax (middle part) and front leg (upper portion) are covered with spines
Range
transcontinental (NS‒NT‒BC & throughout the US)(2)(1)
Habitat
Weedy fields and meadows
Life Cycle
in lab culture, eggs overwinters, nymphs emerged in mid-April and were found until mid-September; adults from the third week of May until early October (Voss & McPherson 2003)
Works Cited
1.How to Know the True Bugs
Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M. 1978. Wm. C. Brown Company.
2.Checklist of the Hemiptera of Canada and Alaska
Maw, H.E.L., R.G. Foottit, K.G.A. Hamilton and G.G.E. Scudder. 2000. NRC Research Press.
Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 23 July, 2004 - 5:13pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Hannah Nendick-Mason, Bbarnd, Ron M., v belov
Last updated 14 September, 2024 - 3:59pm

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