Ptilocnemus femoralis
Ptilocnemus femoralis is a species of feather-legged bugs in the subfamily Holoptilinae. This species is found in Australia and has a specialized gland called a trichome that produces a chemical to attract and paralyze ants.[1]
| Ptilocnemus femoralis | |
|---|---|
 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Reduviidae |
| Genus: | Ptilocnemus |
| Species: | P. femoralis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ptilocnemus femoralis Horváth, 1902 | |
References
- Hawkeswood, Trevor. "Some Notes of Three Species of Australian Reduviidae" (PDF). Victorian Entomologist Vol. 20 No. 5 1990. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.