Leafhopper Assassin Bug

Zelus renardii Kolenati 1857

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Zelus renardii (Leafhopper Assassin Bug) is a species of true bugs in the family assassin bugs. They visit flowers of California broomsage, creosote bush, desert lavender, and bristly foxtail. They are diurnal.

EOL has data for 16 attributes, including:

Body symmetry
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/body_symmetry
- Definition: overall repetitive or reflective pattern in the body of one individual of this taxon. eg: bilateral symmetry, rotational symmetry, radial symmetry
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bilaterally symmetric
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324
- Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves
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cellularity
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001992
- Definition: An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting cells. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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multicellular
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993
- Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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developmental mode
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/DevelopmentalMode
- Definition: Broad recognized categories describing development, the process by which organisms grow and mature
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hemimetabolous
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/hemimetabolous
- Definition: Development of insects with incomplete metamorphosis, resulting in a gradual change in body form with each molt, without a pupal stage.
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eats
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002470
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Lema (Quasilema) daturaphila Kogan & Goeden 1970 (Three-lined Potato Beetle)
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Greece
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/390903
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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atoll
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000166
- Definition: An oceanic island, often having a characteristic ring-like shape surrounding a lagoon. Atolls are formed when coral reef grows around a volcanic island that later subsides into the ocean.
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has host
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002454
- Attribution: From OBO Relation Ontology
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Sphaeralcea angustifolia (Cav.) G. Don (copper globemallow)
lays eggs on
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0008507
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Quercus douglasii Hook. & Arn. (blue oak)
preys on
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002439
- Definition: An interaction relationship involving a predation process, where the subject kills the target in order to eat it or to feed to siblings, offspring or group members
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Agapostemon texanus Cresson 1872 (Texas Agapostemon)
trophic guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicGuild
- Definition: A group of species that exploit the same food resources, and/or use the same feeding or foraging methods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_(ecology)
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predator
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q170430
- Definition: Organism that obtains food by hunting
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visits
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002618
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Asclepias subulata Decne. (rush milkweed)
visits flowers of
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002622
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Condea emoryi (Torr.) Harley & J. F. B. Pastore (desert lavender)

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Leafhopper Assassin Bug. View this species on GBIF

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