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Vesbius purpureus
This is an Assassin Bug that i found on the wall of my house. This assassin bug is red in color. The size of this assassin bug is about 8 mm in length.
- Spotted on the wall of my house.
- This assassin bug is from the Reduviidae family (Subfamily Harpactorinae). Thanks to Bayucca for the ID.
* Kingdom: Animalia
* Phylum: Arthropoda
* Class: Insecta
* Order: Hemiptera
* Suborder: Heteroptera
* Infraorder: Cimicomorpha
* Superfamily: Reduvioidea
* Family: Reduviidae
* Subfamily: Harpactorinae
* Tribe: Harpactorini
* Genus: Vesbius
* Species: V. purpureus
Reduviidae, Harpactorinae, should be Vesbius purpureus?? Please, verify!
http://thailandwildlife.photoshelter.com...
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Tax...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/436...
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/02/16/a...