Ghilianella borincana

Ghilianella borincana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Reduviidae
Subfamily: Emesinae
Tribe: Metapterini
Genus: Ghilianella
Species: G. borincana
Binomial name
Ghilianella borincana

Ghilianella borincana is a species of true bug found in semi-evergreen forest of Puerto Rico. It is highly cryptic, using catalepsis.[1]


References

  1. Santiago-Blay, JA and Maldonado-Capriles, J (1988). "Observations on the true bugs Emesa tenerrima, a possible spider mimic, and Ghilianella borincana (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) from Puerto Rico.". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington [PROC. ENTOMOL. SOC. WASH.]. Vol. 90, no. 3, pp. 369-372. 1988.
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