# Reduvius

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{{Short description|Genus of true bugs}}
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| image = Reduvius personatus01.jpg
| image_caption = ''[Reduvius personatus](/source/Reduvius_personatus)''
| taxon = Reduvius
| authority = [Fabricius](/source/Johan_Christian_Fabricius), 1775
}}

'''Reduvius''' is a large [genus](/source/genus) of [reduviids](/source/Reduviidae). The masked hunter, ''[Reduvius personatus](/source/Reduvius_personatus)'', is an example of this [genus](/source/genus).

They measure 8–22&nbsp;mm.<ref>[https://bugguide.net/node/view/11384 ''Reduvius'']</ref> They are the largest predatory insects and one of the largest clades of predatory [insect](/source/insect)s. They are found in many terrestrial [ecosystem](/source/ecosystem)s and [microhabitat](/source/microhabitat)s, ranging from [mammal](/source/mammal) burrows in the desert to logs in rainforests.
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==Carnivory==

The Assassin Bug hides under flowers to stay hidden, then when an insect lands on the flower, the Assassin Bug jumps out and grabs the insect. Sticky hairs or pads on its feet prevent the insect from slipping out of the Assassin Bug's grip, which are a little like the [Sundew](/source/Sundew) and [Butterwort](/source/Butterwort), two flypaper carnivorous plants. The Assassin Bug impales its prey with its [probosis](/source/probosis) and injects an insect-fatal saliva into the prey's body. Then it feeds. Some Assassin Bugs pursue their prey like dragonflies, while others look like harmless ''[Camponotus](/source/Camponotus)'' Carpenter Ants, tricking insects into thinking they're harmless little ants just looking for nectar.-->

==Partial list of species==
*''[Reduvius fedtschenkianus](/source/Reduvius_fedtschenkianus)'' <small>(Oshanin, 1871)</small> 
*''[Reduvius jakovleffi](/source/Reduvius_jakovleffi)'' <small>[Reuter](/source/Enzio_Reuter), 1892</small>
*''[Reduvius pallipes](/source/Reduvius_pallipes)'' <small>[Klug](/source/Johann_Christoph_Friedrich_Klug), 1830</small>
*''[Reduvius personatus](/source/Reduvius_personatus)'' <small>([Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), [1758](/source/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae))</small> "masked hunter"
*''[Reduvius senilis](/source/Reduvius_senilis)'' <small>Van Duzee, 1906</small> 
*''[Reduvius sonoraensis](/source/Reduvius_sonoraensis)'' <small>Usinger, 1942</small> 
*''[Reduvius testaceus](/source/Reduvius_testaceus)'' <small>Herrich-Schaeffer, 1845</small>
*''[Reduvius vanduzeei](/source/Reduvius_vanduzeei)'' <small>Wygodzinsky & Usinger, 1964</small>

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Category:Reduviidae

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