Species Zelus renardii - Leafhopper Assassin Bug

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Print References · Works Cited

Leafhopper Assassin Bug nymphs - Zelus renardii

Leafhopper Assassin Bug - Zelus renardii

Unknown Bug on Maple Tree - Zelus renardii

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 Zelus

Species renardii (Leafhopper Assassin Bug)

Explanation of Names

Zelus renardii Kolenati 1856

Size

10.6-15.8 mm(1)

Range

so. US to OR (OR-CA to TN-GA) to C. America, W. Indies - Map (2)(3); invasive on some Pacific islands(1), the Mediterranean (Spain to Turkey), Chile, and elsewhere (Rodríguez Lozano et al. 2018)

Food

Generalist predator (not a leafhopper specialist!)(4)

Print References

Abies J.R. (1978) Feeding behavior of an assassin bug, Zelus renardii (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 71: 476–478.

Law Y.-H., Sediqi A. (2010) Sticky substance on eggs improves predation success and substrate adhesion in newly hatched Zelus renardii (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) instars. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 103(5): 771–774. (Full text)

Works Cited

1.	Genus Zelus Fabricius in the United States, Canada, and Northern Mexico (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) Hart E.R. 1986. Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 79: 535-548.

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

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

4.	Heteroptera of economic importance Schaefer C.W., Panizzi A.R. (eds). 2000. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 828 pp.

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 28 September, 2006 - 3:21pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Tom Bentley, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 22 November, 2022 - 10:23am

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