Reduvius is a large genus of reduviids or

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. The masked hunter, ''

Reduvius personatus ''Reduvius personatus'' or the masked hunter is an insect belonging to the assassin bug (Reduviidae) family. The name is because its nymphs camouflage themselves with dust. The masked hunter is a predator of small arthropods, including woodlice, ...

'', is a well-known example of this

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. They measure 8–22 mm.''Reduvius''
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s. They are found in many terrestrial

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s and

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s, ranging from

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burrows in the desert to logs in rainforests.

Partial list of species

*'' Reduvius fedtschenkianus'' (Oshanin, 1871) *'' Reduvius jakovleffi'' Reuter, 1892 *'' Reduvius pallipes'' Klug, 1830 *''

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Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...

, 1758) "Masked hunter" *'' Reduvius senilis'' Van Duzee, 1906 *'' Reduvius sonoraensis'' Usinger, 1942 *'' Reduvius testaceus'' Herrich-Schaeffer, 1845 *'' Reduvius vanduzeei'' Wygodzinsky & Usinger, 1964

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3422983 Reduviidae