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Pisilus

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Pisilus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Reduviidae
Subfamily: Harpactorinae
Tribe: Harpactorini
Genus: Pisilus
Stål, 1858
Species:
P. tipuliformis
Binomial name
Pisilus tipuliformis
(Fabricius, 1794)

Pisilus tipuliformis is a species of assassin bug in the subfamily Harpactorinae. It is the only species in the genus Pisilus.[1] The females of this species exhibit maternal care, and can distinguish their own eggs from other females of the same species.

References

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  1. ^ "Pisilus Stål, 1858". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
  • Parker, A. H. (March 1965). "The maternal behaviour of Pisilus tipuliformis Fabricius (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)". Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 8 (1): 13–19. doi:10.1111/j.1570-7458.1965.tb02337.x.