Ptilocnemus femoralis
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| Species: | P. femoralis
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| Ptilocnemus femoralis Horváth, 1902
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Ptilocnemus femoralis is a species of feather-legged bugs in the Holoptilinae subfamily. This species is found in Australia and has a specialized organ called a trichome that the species uses to attract and paralyze ants.[1]
References
- ^ Hawkeswood, Trevor. "Some Notes of Three Species of Australian Reduviidae" (PDF). Victorian Entomologist Vol. 20 No. 5 1990.
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