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Tetracanthus

Zelus tetracanthus. Photo: (c) Mike Quinn, Austin, TX, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Tetracanthus (Greek “four spines”) is an epithet for several different species:

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Hemiptera (True bugs, hoppers, aphids, and allies)
        Suborder: Heteroptera (True bugs)
        Infraorder: Cimicomorpha (Cimicomorph bugs)
        Superfamily: Reduvioidea
        Family: Reduviidae (Assassin bugs)
        Subfamily: Harpactorinae
        Tribe: Harpactorini
        Genus: Zelus
        Complex: Tetracanthus
        Species: Zelus tetracanthus (Four-spurred assassin bug)

Subtaxa

Species: Zelus tetracanthus (Four-spurred assassin bug)

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Discussion

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