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Ghilianella borincana

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Species of true bug

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.

References

  1. Santiago-Blay, JA; 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 . Vol. 90, no. 3, pp. 369-372. 1988. Archived from the original on 2012-03-07.
Taxon identifiers
Ghilianella borincana
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