''Sinea diadema'' is a species of

assassin bug 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 exampl ...

family (Reduviidae), in the 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 (bug), Zelus'', ''Pselliopus'', ''Sinea'', and ''Apiomerus'' ar ...

. ''Sinea diadema'' is

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, preys on small bugs and beetles, and overwinters in the egg stage.

Name

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the species goes by the

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spined assassin bug. Its

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comes from

Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

, where sinea means ''thorn bush'' or ''burning bush'' while diadema means ''crown''.

Diet

Cannibalism is not common in this species. However, when it occurs it usually involves a larger female eating a smaller male.

Reproduction

Females can lay up to 412 eggs in laboratory conditions. Eggs are laid in clusters.

Occurrence

It is native to

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and found in the Midwest in fields, often associated with goldenrod ''

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'' Nuttall. They are typically found in grasslands, gardens, as well as fields.

References

Reduviidae Hemiptera of North America Insects described in 1776 Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius {{Heteroptera-stub