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Sinea diadema (spined assassin bug)

Synonyms: Sinea multispinosa (heterotypic); Sinea undulata

Wikipedia Abstract

Sinea diadema is a species of assassin bug family (Reduviidae), in the subfamily Harpactorinae. It is native to North America and found in the Midwest in fields, often associated with goldenrod Solidago missouriensis Nuttall. S. diadema is bivoltine, preys on small bugs and beetles, and overwinters in the egg stage.
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Attributes

Diet [1]  Carnivore
Hibernates [1]  Yes

Predators

Consumers

Pollinator of 
Asclepias syriaca (broadleaf milkweed)[3]
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum (Side-flowering Aster)[3]
Trifolium repens (Ladino Clover)[2]
Vitis vulpina (fox grape)[2]

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 3Robertson, C. Flowers and insects lists of visitors of four hundred and fifty three flowers. 1929. The Science Press Printing Company Lancaster, PA.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0