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Assassin bug (Insecta: Hemiptera: Reduviidae)

Reduviidae

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Reduviidae (Hemiptera) is a large, cosmopolitan family of predatory insects, including the assassin bugs , wheel bugs and thread-legged bugs. There are about 7,000 species, making Reduviidae one of the largest families in the Hemiptera.