''Rhynocoris rubricus'' is a species belonging to the family

Reduviidae The Reduviidae are a large cosmopolitan family of the order Hemiptera (true bugs). Among the Hemiptera and together with the Nabidae almost all species are terrestrial ambush predators: most other predatory Hemiptera are aquatic. The main exa ...

, subfamily

Harpactorinae The Harpactorinae are a large subfamily of the Reduviidae (assassin bugs). About 300 genera and 2,000 species worldwide have been described. Some of the species of the genera ''Zelus'', ''Pselliopus'', ''Sinea'', and ''Apiomerus'' are of interes ...

. The base of the scutellum is slightly longer or equal to its height, the front lobe of

pronotum The prothorax is the foremost of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the first pair of legs. Its principal sclerites (exoskeletal plates) are the pronotum ( dorsal), the prosternum ( ventral), and the propleuron ( lateral) o ...

is red and femora have a narrow black band. This species is mainly found in

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and

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References

* Putshkov P.V., Putshkov V.G., 1996 — Family Reduviidae — Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region. * Dioli P., 1990 — ''Rhinocoris iracundus'' (Poda, 1761) e ''Rhinocoris rubricus'' (Germar, 1816). (Insecta, Heteroptera, Reduviidae). Il Naturalista Valtellinese — Atti Mus. civ. St. Nat. Morbegno (SO). * Rieger C., 1972 — Zu ''Rhinocoris'' Hahn, 1833 (Heteroptera). Dtsch. Ent. Zeitsch. Stuttgart.

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Fauna Europaea
Reduviidae Hemiptera of Europe Insects described in 1814 {{Reduviidae-stub