Stenolemus alikakay is a species of assassin bug, family Reduviidae.[1][2][3] It was first found in a spider web at Shanping Forest Ecological Science Park, Taiwan.[1] It has later also been found on Ishigaki Island, the Ryukyu Islands, Japan.[3]

Stenolemus alikakay
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Reduviidae
Genus: Stenolemus
Species:
S. alikakay
Binomial name
Stenolemus alikakay
Rédei & Tsai, 2010[1]

Stenolemus alikakay has a body size of about 10 mm (0.4 in).[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Rédei, Dávid & Jing-Fu Tsai (2010). "A survey of the emesine assassin bugs of the tribes Collartidini, Leistarchini, Emesini, and Metapterini of Taiwan (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Reduviidae)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 57 (1): 11–36. doi:10.1002/mmnd.201000002 (inactive 1 November 2024).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)
  2. ^ Wen-Jer Wu. "Stenolemus alikakay Redei & Tsai, 2010". Catalogue of life in Taiwan. Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  3. ^ a b c Ishikawa, Tadashi & Naka, Takeru (2016). "The assassin bug genera Nagustoides and Stenolemus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) newly recorded from Japan". Zootaxa. 4161 (4): 593–600. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4161.4.12. PMID 27615956.