Milkweed Assassin Bug Zelus longipes

Photo: Mark Yokoyama

Classification

Reduviidae [family]

Zelus [genus] (4)

longipes [species]

Classification

Reduviidae [family]

Zelus [genus] (4)

longipes [species]

Names

English name	Milkweed Assassin Bug
Valid name	Zelus longipes (Linnaeus, 1767)

Classification

Animalia [kingdom] Animals
- Arthropoda [phylum] Arthropods
  - Hexapoda [subphylum] Hexapods
    - Insecta [class] Insects
      - Hemiptera [order] Scale Insects
        
        Heteroptera [suborder] True Bugs
        
        Reduvoidea [superfamily]
        
        Reduviidae [family] Assassin Bugs
        
        Zelus Fabricius, 1803 [genus]
        
        Zelus longipes (Linnaeus, 1767) [species] Milkweed Assassin Bug