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Pisilus

Pisilus tipuliformis is a species of assassin bug in the subfamily Harpactorinae. It is the only species in the genus Pisilus. The females of this species exhibit maternal care, and can distinguish their own eggs from other females of the same species.

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Pisilus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Reduviidae
Subfamily: Harpactorinae
Tribe: Harpactorini
Genus: Pisilus
Stål, 1858
Species:
P. tipuliformis
Binomial name
Pisilus tipuliformis
(Fabricius, 1794)

Pisilus tipuliformis is a species of assassin bug in the subfamily Harpactorinae. It is the only species in the genus Pisilus.1 The females of this species exhibit maternal care, and can distinguish their own eggs from other females of the same species.

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References

  1. "Pisilus Stål, 1858". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
  • Parker, A. H. (March 1965). "The maternal behaviour of Pisilus tipuliformis Fabricius (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)". Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 8 (1): 13–19. doi:10.1111/j.1570-7458.1965.tb02337.x.