| Rhiginia cruciata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Family: | Reduviidae |
| Genus: | Rhiginia |
| Species: | R. cruciata |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhiginia cruciata (Say, 1832) | |
Rhiginia cruciata, commonly known as the scarlet-bordered assassin bug or cruciate assassin bug, is a species of millipede assassin in the family Reduviidae. [1] [2] It is found in the Caribbean, Central America, and North America. [2]
Insects in the subfamily Phymatinae are commonly called ambush bugs after their habit of lying in wait for prey, relying on their superb camouflage. Armed with raptorial forelegs, ambush bugs routinely capture prey ten or more times their own size. They form a subgroup within the assassin bugs.
Rhiginia is a New World genus in the subfamily Ectrichodiinae of Reduviidae. Species of this genus are generally active, alert and strong fliers.
Kosswigianella lutulenta is a species of delphacid planthoppers in the family Delphacidae. It is found in the Caribbean and North America.
Neortholomus scolopax is a species of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Leucania commoides, the comma wainscot or two-lined wainscot moth, is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae. It was described by Achille Guenée in 1852 and is found in North America.
Pseudeustrotia indeterminata is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae. It was described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1918 and is found in North America.
Eunica monima, the dingy purplewing, is a species of tropical brushfoot in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Caspar Stoll in 1782 and is found in North America.
Rhagovelia obesa is a species of smaller water striders in the family Veliidae. It is found in North America.
Parthenicus ruber is a species of plant bugs in the family Miridae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Drymus crassus is a species of dirt-colored seed bugs in the family Rhyparochromidae. It is found in North America.
Perillus confluens is a species of predatory stink bugs in the family Pentatomidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Nepytia phantasmaria, the phantom hemlock looper, is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by Herman Strecker in 1899 and is found in North America.
Idaea basinta, the red-and-white wave, is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by William Schaus in 1901 and is found in Central and North America.
Meropleon ambifusca, or Newman's brocade, is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae. It was described by Newman in 1948 and is found in North America.
Fitchia aptera is a species of assassin bug in the family Reduviidae. It is found in North America.
Deloyala is a genus of tortoise beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 10 described species in Deloyala.
Fitchia spinosula is a species of assassin bug in the family Reduviidae. It is found in North America.
Fitchia is a genus of assassin bugs in the family Reduviidae. There are at least two described species in Fitchia.
Emblyna cruciata is a species of mesh web weaver in the family Dictynidae. It is found in the USA and Canada.
Rhiginia cinctiventris is a species of millipede assassin in the family Reduviidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
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