Zelus exsanguis

Zelus exsanguis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Reduviidae
Genus:	Zelus
Species:	Z. exsanguis
Binomial name
	Zelus exsanguis; Stål, 1862

Last updated October 03, 2025

Zelus exsanguis is a species of insect.

Description

13–16 mm long. Yellowish-brown to reddish-brown in color. Pronotum with sharp pronotal spines.^[1]

Range

Mexico to Panama.^[1]

Habitat

Ecology

Etymology

Taxonomy

References

1 2 Zhang, Guanyang; Hart, Elwood; Weirauch, Christiane (2016-07-08). "A taxonomic monograph of the assassin bug genus Zelus Fabricius (Hemiptera: Reduviidae): 71 species based on 10,000 specimens". Biodiversity Data Journal. 4 (4) e8150. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e8150 . ISSN 1314-2828. PMC 5019016 . PMID 27651730.

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[:0-1] 1 2 Zhang, Guanyang; Hart, Elwood; Weirauch, Christiane (2016-07-08). "A taxonomic monograph of the assassin bug genus Zelus Fabricius (Hemiptera: Reduviidae): 71 species based on 10,000 specimens". Biodiversity Data Journal. 4 (4) e8150. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e8150 . ISSN 1314-2828. PMC 5019016 . PMID 27651730.

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