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Reduvius

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Translingual

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Reduviius personatus in sand-grain camouflage

Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin reduvia (a remainder, remnant, fragment), describing the habit of the nymph of the type species Reduvius personatus camouflaging itself with small pieces of debris.

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Reduvius m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Reduviidae – typical assassin bugs.

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