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Phryxobotrys ridiculaWygodzinsky, 1966

Adult Female, pinned specimen: A - Lateral view B - Forewing.
This image was contributed by Yeo Huiqing as part of her undergraduate final year project in NUS.

H Yeo
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Identified By: WS Hwang & H Yeo

Basic Information

Classification:
Arthropoda: Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha: Reduviidae: Emesinae
Residency Status:
Native

Biology/Ecology

Identifying Features:
Head, mesothorax and metathorax dark brown, pronotum and forelegs orange.
Coxae of forelegs very long, five-sixths as long as femur.
Tibiae very short, one-fourth as long as femur