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Definition of Arilus cristatus
1. Noun. Large predatory North American bug that sucks the blood of other insects.
Generic synonyms: Assassin Bug, Reduviid
Group relationships: Arilus, Genus Arilus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arilus Cristatus
Literary usage of Arilus cristatus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1915)
"On August 8, although I had watched for a repetition of the phenomenon from day
to day in vain till that date, I secured one arilus cristatus Linné, ..."
2. Catalogue of the Hemiptera of American North of Mexico: Excepting the by Edward Payson Van Duzee (1917)
"arilus cristatus (Linn.) Linnaeus, Cent. Ins. Rar., p. 16, 1763, Cimex. Linnaeus,
Syst. Nat., edn. 12, i, pt. 2, p. 723, 1767, Cimex. ..."
3. Bulletin (1902)
"... arilus cristatus, preys on them, so do some of the Mantidae or Rear-horses.
Several species of Pentatomidae or "stink bugs" kill them and suck the body ..."
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