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Featherleg Bugs
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Featherleg Bugs

Holoptilinae

The Holoptilinae are a subfamily of Reduviidae (assassin bugs) known as feather-legged bugs or ant wolves. Several members of the subfamily specialize on ants. About 16 genera (one fossil) are known, with about 80 species described. Species in the Holoptilini tribe possess a specialized organ called a trichome to attract ants.

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4 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

Holoptilini

tribeHoloptilini

Dasycnemini

tribeDasycnemini

Aradellini

tribeAradellini

Rudebeckoris

genusRudebeckoris

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 471342.