| 词条 | Zelus longipes |
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| image = Zelus Longipes.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Arthropoda | classis = Insecta | ordo = Hemiptera | familia = Reduviidae | genus = Zelus | species = Z. longipes | binomial = Zelus longipes | binomial_authority = L. }} Zelus longipes is an assassin bug (Reduviidae) that is a member of the harpactorinae subfamily. Its distribution ranges include southern North America, Central America, and South America (except Chile),[1] especially in agroecosystems in Brazil. Z. longipes has been considered as a potential biocontrol agent, as it prefers caterpillars of Spodoptera frugiperda, which is a moth that is a pest in cornfields.[2] Z. longipes prefers smaller caterpillars, probably because there is less risk of injury while subduing smaller prey.[3]References1. ^Hart, E. R., 1986: Genus Zelus Fabricius in the United States, Canada, and Northern Mexico (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 79, 535–548 2. ^Sparks, A. N., 1979: A review of the biology of the fall armyworm. Fla. Entomol. 62, 82–87 3. ^{{cite web | url = http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/~rcogni/Cogni%20et%20al2002.pdf | author = R. Cogni, A. V. L. Freitas and B. F. Amaral Filho | title = Influence of prey size on predation success by Zelus longipes L. (Het., Reduviidae) | publisher = J. Appl. Ent. 126, 74–78 (2002)}} External links
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