Ptilocnemus femoralis

Ptilocnemus femoralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Reduviidae
Subfamily: Holoptilinae
Tribe: Holoptilini
Genus: Ptilocnemus
Species: P. femoralis
Binomial name
Ptilocnemus femoralis
Horvath

Ptilocnemus femoralis is a species of feather-legged bugs in the Holoptilinae subfamily. This species is found in Australia and has a specialized organ called a trichome that the species uses to attract and paralyze ants.[1]

References

  1. ^ Trevor Hawkeswood. "Some Notes of Three Species of Australian Reduviidae". Victorian Entomologist Vol. 20 No. 5 1990. http://www.calodema.com/freefiles/89.pdf.