Empicoris culiciformis

Empicoris culiciformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Reduviidae
Genus: Empicoris
Species: E. culiciformis
Binomial name
Empicoris culiciformis
(De Geer, 1773)

Empicoris culiciformis is a predatory true bug with a Holarctic distribution.

The species is found in Europe, across the Palearctic to the Russian Far East and temperate China and the range includes North Africa, and North America. Empicoris are delicate-looking insects with raptorial forelegs. They feed on barklice.Empicoris are not so often observed because of their hidden way of life. They live in hollow, mouldering trees, but also in barns, chicken coops and cracks in old walls .

References

ISBN 0723200033

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