Sinea diadema

Sinea diadema
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Reduviidae
Subfamily: Harpactorinae
Genus: Sinea
Species: S. diadema
Binomial name
Sinea diadema
Fabricius, 1776


Sinea diadema is a species of assassin bug family (Reduviidae), in the subfamily Harpactorinae. It is native to North America and found in the Midwest in fields, often associated with goldenrod Solidago missouriensis Nuttall.[1]

S. diadema is bivoltine, preys on small bugs and beetles, and overwinters in the egg stage.

References

  1. ↑ Shannon C. Voss and J. E. McPherson (2003). "Life History and Laboratory Rearing of Sinea diadema (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) with Descriptions of Immature Stages". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 96 (6): 776–792. doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2003)096[0776:LHALRO]2.0.CO;2.
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