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GoI: Barce - Thread-Legged Bugs (f Reduviidae subf Emisinae)


Small to moderate body sized assassins, with extremely thin (thread-like you might even say) legs.  First pair of legs is highly raptorial and bears superficial resemblence to mantid legs, as do Barce somewhat resemble mantids.


http://nearctica.com/nomina/hemips/heterol.htm#anchor250819 has six species present in North America.


Barce Stål 1866

Barce aberrans McAtee and Malloch 1925 (Metaptera)
Barce fraterna Say 1832 (Ploiaria)
Barce husseyi Wygodzinsky 1966 (Barce)
Barce neglectus McAtee and Malloch 1925 (Metapterus)
Barce uhleri Banks 1909 (Barce)
Barce werneri Wygodzinsky 1966 (Barce)

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