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Coilopus

Coilopus is a genus of the assassin bug family (Reduviidae), in the subfamily Harpactorinae. Species of this genus mimic wasps of the genus Vespa.

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Coilopus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Reduviidae
Tribe: Harpactorini
Genus: Coilopus
Species

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Coilopus is a genus of the assassin bug family (Reduviidae), in the subfamily Harpactorinae. Species of this genus mimic wasps of the genus Vespa.1

Partial list of species

  • Coilopus vellus
  • Coilopus crabus
References

References

  1. Joe C. Elkins (October 1969). "A new genus of Hemipteran Wasp Mimics". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 42 (4): 456–461. JSTOR 25083824.