Velitra rubropicta(Amyot & Serville, 1843)
Basic Information
Classification:
Arthropoda: Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha: Reduviidae: Reduviinae
Residency Status:
Native
Biology/Ecology
Identifying Features:
Body dark brown, elongate and moderately flattened.
Wings dark brown except with the greater part of veins and corium pale yellow.
Pronotum with anterior lobe moderately sculptured, posterior lobe with three longitudinal series of grooves
Wings dark brown except with the greater part of veins and corium pale yellow.
Pronotum with anterior lobe moderately sculptured, posterior lobe with three longitudinal series of grooves
Synonyms
Opinus rubro-pictus Amyot & Serville, 1843
Platymeris discolor Herrich-Schaeffer, 1848
Platymeris rubropicta Stål, 1864
Velitra rubro-picta Stål, 1866
Reduvius rivulosus Walker, 1873
Reduvius rivulosus Lethierry & Severin, 1896