''Sinea spinipes'' 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 ...

. It is native to North America and found in the midwest along roadsides, forest edges, and open fields with scattered trees. In southern Illinois ''S. spinipes'' is univoltine (has only one brood per year).

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Reduviidae Hemiptera of North America Insects described in 1846 {{Heteroptera-stub