Stenolemus lanipes

Stenolemus lanipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Reduviidae
Subfamily:	Emesinae
Tribe:	Emesini
Genus:	Stenolemus
Species:	S. lanipes
Binomial name
	Stenolemus lanipes; Wygodzinsky, 1949

Stenolemus lanipes is a species of thread-legged bug (Emesinae).

This species feeds on spiders, especially spiderlings of Parasteatoda tepidariorum.[1] Stenolemus lanipes will not feed upon other insects such as (Drosophila) placed upon a web, even to the point of starvation.[1]

References

Hodge, M. (1984). "Anti-predator behavior of Achaearanea tepidariorum (Theridiidae) towards Stenolemus lanipes (Reduviidae): preliminary observations" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 12: 369–370.

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[Hodge-1] Hodge, M. (1984). "Anti-predator behavior of Achaearanea tepidariorum (Theridiidae) towards Stenolemus lanipes (Reduviidae): preliminary observations" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 12: 369–370.