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Repipta taurus

Repipta taurus, the red bull assassin, is a species of assassin bug in the family Reduviidae. It is found in Central America and North America.

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Repipta taurus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Reduviidae
Genus: Repipta
Species:
R. taurus
Binomial name
Repipta taurus
(Fabricius, 1803)
Synonyms1
  • Zelus taurus Fabricius, 1803

Repipta taurus, the red bull assassin, is a species of assassin bug in the family Reduviidae. It is found in Central America and North America.123

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References

References

  1. "Repipta taurus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. "Repipta taurus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
Further reading

Further reading

  • Péricart, J.; Golub, V. B. (1996). Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian (eds.). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 2: Cimicomorpha I. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-90-71912-15-3.
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