Biology:Stenolemus lanipes
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Short description: Species of true bug
| Stenolemus lanipes | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Reduviidae |
| Genus: | Stenolemus |
| Species: | S. lanipes
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| Binomial name | |
| Stenolemus lanipes Wygodzinsky, 1949
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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]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hodge, M. (1984). "Anti-predator behavior of Achaearanea tepidariorum (Theridiidae) towards Stenolemus lanipes (Reduviidae): preliminary observations". Journal of Arachnology 12: 369–370. http://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA_free/JoA_v12_n3/arac_12_3_0369.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q7607682 entry
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