Maryland Biodiversity Project - Spined Assassin Bug (Sinea diadema)

Spined Assassin Bug Sinea diadema (Fabricius, 1776)

Synonyms: Brown Assassin Bug, Crowned Assassin Bug.

Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Class Insecta > Order Hemiptera > Family Reduviidae > Genus Sinea Spined Assassin Bug - Sinea diadema - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/20130

Size 10-15 mm. Head, thorax (middle part) and front leg (upper portion) are covered with spines. (BugGuide)

Weedy fields and meadows.

There is 1 record in the project database.

A Spined Assassin Bug in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/19/2013). Determined by V. Belov/BugGuide. Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

A Spined Assassin Bug in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/19/2013). Determined by V. Belov/BugGuide. Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

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