Stenolemus lanipes | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Family: | Reduviidae |
Genus: | Stenolemus |
Species: | S. lanipes |
Binomial name | |
Stenolemus lanipes Wygodzinsky, 1949 |
Stenolemus lanipes is a species of thread-legged bug (Emesinae).
This species feeds on spiders, especially spiderlings of Parasteatoda tepidariorum . [1] Stenolemus lanipes will not feed upon other insects (such as Drosophila ) placed upon a web, even to the point of starvation. [1]