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Species Rasahus thoracicus - Western Corsair

Some kind of plant bug? - Rasahus thoracicus

Assassin bug (Apiomerus sp.?) - Rasahus thoracicus

Female, Rasahus thoracicus? - Rasahus thoracicus - female

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

Species thoracicus (Western Corsair)

Explanation of Names

Rasahus thoracicus Stål 1872

Range

CA‒NV‒w.TX / Mex. - Map (1) (2)

Works Cited

1.	Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 18 August, 2006 - 7:44am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 26 February, 2024 - 12:58pm

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