Sinea diadema

Sinea diadema is a species of assassin bug family (Reduviidae), in the subfamily Harpactorinae. It is native to North America and found in the Midwest in fields, often associated with goldenrod Solidago missouriensis Nuttall.[1]

Sinea diadema
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hemiptera
Suborder:
Heteroptera
Family:
Reduviidae
Subfamily:
Harpactorinae
Genus:
Sinea
Species:
S. diadema
Binomial name
Sinea diadema
Fabricius, 1776

S. diadema is bivoltine, preys on small bugs and beetles, and overwinters in the egg stage.

References
  1. Shannon C. Voss and J. E. McPherson (2003). "Life History and Laboratory Rearing of Sinea diadema (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) with Descriptions of Immature Stages". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 96 (6): 776–792. doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2003)096[0776:LHALRO]2.0.CO;2.


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