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Empicoris rubromaculatus (Blackburn, 1889)

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Predator on small arthropods; in FIT in interior of Scalesia forest, 325 m; April.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Hemiptera

Suborder
Heteroptera

Superfamily
Reduvioidea

Family
Reduviidae

Section
Ploiariolini

Genus
Empicoris

Species
rubromaculatus

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Cryptogenic

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

Peck, S.B. (2001) Smaller Orders of Insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 278 pp.

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