Stenolemus
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Stenolemus is a genus of thread-legged bug (Emesinae
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Emesinae
Emesinae, or thread-legged bugs, are a subfamily of the Reduviidae . They are conspicuously different from the other reduviids by their very slender body form. They are stalking, predaceous insects that can be collected on palm fronds, cliffs, spider webbing, or near lights at night...
). Species of this genus are noted for preying on spider
Spider
Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...
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Partial species list
- Stenolemus alikakayStenolemus alikakayStenolemus alikakay is a species of assassin bug, found in Taiwan. It was found in a spider web at Shanping Forest Ecological Science Park....
Redei & Tsai, 2010 - Stenolemus atkinsoni
- Stenolemus bituberusStenolemus bituberusStenolemus bituberus is a species of thread-legged insect found across much of Australia. This species spends nearly its entire life in spider webs. It preys upon a variety of spiders, including webs and nests of spiders of Achaearanea, Badumna, Pholcus, and Stiphidion, and the families...
- Stenolemus crassirostris Stal, 1871
- Stenolemus edwardsii
- Stenolemus greeni
- Stenolemus hirtipes
- Stenolemus lanipesStenolemus lanipesStenolemus lanipes is a species of thread-legged bugs .This species feeds on spiders, especially spiderlings of Parasteatoda tepidariorum. S. lanipes will not feed upon other insects placed upon a web, even to the point of starvation....
- Stenolemus lenti Espínola & Silva, 1963
- Stenolemus susainathani