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THE ASSASSIN BUGS OF MICHIGAN 
(HETEROPTERA:REDUVIIDAE) 
J. E. McPherson1 
ABSTRACT 
Assassin bugs collected in Michigan and housed in the U iversity of Michi­
gan 
Museum of Zoology and 
the Michigan St te University Entomology 
Museum were used to compile a list of the state's species and subspecies. A 
total 
of 
27 was found; an additional species, Empicoris parshleyi, was repre­
sented by a single specimen housed in the American Museum of Natural 
History. Eighteen of the 28 taxa represented new records for the state. 
The Reduviidae, or assassin bugs, of America north of Mexico have received 
little attention from heteropterists in recent years, which seems surprising 
because of their predaceous habits and, therefore, possible use in biological 
control. Work in the latter part of the nineteenth century and early years of 
the 
twentieth century consisted almost entirely of annotated lists and, occa­
sionally, keys 
(e. g., Parshley 1914, 1917, 1922; Torre-Bueno 1923). Much of 
this 
work was summarized 
by Blatchley (1926) and Readio (1927) whose mono­
graphs 
also included original observations on biology. Subsequent 
to their 
works, information on these insects has consisted primarily of a few life his­
tory 
studies of individual species (e.g., Brown 
and Lollis 1963, DeCoursey 
1963, Swadener and Yonke 1973a, b, c, 1975), a limited number ofrevisionary 
studies that have included North American species (e.g., Barber, 1929-1930; 
Coscaron 1983; Elkins 1954; Giacchi 1969,1984; Hart 1986; Lent and Wygod­
zinsky 1979; Willemse 1985; Wygodzinsky 1966; Wygodzinsky an  Usinger 
1964), some state lists (e.g., Brimley 1938, North Carolina; Froeschner 1944, 
Missouri; Elkins 1951, Texas; Drew and Schaefer 1963, Oklahoma) and a few 
lists for even smaller geographical areas (e.g., McPherson and Weber 1981, 
1990; Werner and Butler 1957; Whitcomb and Bell 1964). Slater and 
Baranowski (1978) included ran~ distributions of several species in their 
generalized account of the family, but their work was not meant to be 
comprehensive. 
Froeschner (1988) summarized the known distributions of all reduviids 
occurring in America north of Mexico but because so few faunal lists had been 
published, his information was far from complete. Particularly lacking were 
records from the northcentral region. Therefore, records from this part of the 
country are needed for a better understanding of the ranges of these insects. 
During May-June, 1990 and 1991, I had the opportunity to visit the collec­
tions of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Ann Arbor, and the 
Michigan State University E tomolo~ Museum, East Lansing. Both collec­
tions had several species and subspecIes represented by Michigan specimens. 
lDepartment of Zoology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901. 
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Figures 1-6. State distributions of six Michigan reduviid species and subspecies. 1, 
Apiomerus crassipes crassipes; 2, Barce fratema; 3, Barce uhleri; 4, Emesaya brevi pen­
nis brevipennis; 5, Empicoris culiciformis; 6, Empicoris errabundus. 
Figures 7-12. State distributions of six Michigan reduviid species. 7, Empicoris ortho­
neuron; 8, Empicoris parshleyi; 9, Empicoris pilosus; 10, Empicoris winnemana; 11, 
Acholla multispinosa; 12, Fitch a aptera. 
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Figures 13-18. State distributions of six Michigan reduviid species and subspecies. 13, 
Fitchia spinosula; 14, Pselliopus cinctus; 15, Rhynocoris ventralis ventralis; 16, Sinea 
diadema; 17, Sinea spinipes; 18, Zelus te tracan thus. 
Figures 19-24. State distributions of six Michigan reduviid species and subspecies. 19, 
Zelus luridus; 20, Melanolestes picipes; 21, Sirthenia stria carinata; 22, Reduvius per­
sonatus; 23, Oncerotrachelus acuminatus; 24, Narvesus carolinensis. 
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Figures 25-28. State distributions of four Michigan reduviid species. 25, Pnirontis 
modesta; 26, Pygolampis pectoralis; 27, Pygolampis sericea; 28, Stenopoda spinulosa. 
A list of these taxa is presented here. This list should be viewed only as 
preliminary because, based on these collections, he Upper Peninsula has been 
poorly collected. 
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 
A total of 27 Michigan species and subspecies was represented in the collec­
tions; an additional species, Empicoris parshleyi (Bergroth), was not repre­
sented but 
a Michigan specimen was found in material housed in 
the Ameri­
can Museum of Natural History, New York. Only 10 of these were listed from 
Michigan by Froeschner (1988) (Table 1). Of the 18 records, only four (Le., 
Empicoris culiciformis [De Geer]; E. winnemana McAtee and Malloch, see 
McPherson 1991a; E. orthoneuron McAtee and Malloch, see McPherson 
1991b; and Fitchia spinosula St~) represented records new to the Great Lakes 
region; th  remaining 14 had previously been found in adjacent sta es by 
earlier collectors (Froeschner 1988). A list of these taxa, and reference to the 
state 
distribution 
map for each species, are given in Table 1. Also included are 
the 
numbers of adult specimens examined, the range of 
their collection dates, 
and 
whether any specimens were collected 
at light (light records include speci­
mens collected from Michigan and elsewhere). 
Seven of the 10 North American subfamilies were represented in Michigan, 
the 
exceptions being Ectrichodiinae, Microtominae, and Triatominae. These 
three subfamilies are represented in Illinois by, respectively, Rhiginia cruciata 
(Say), (Froeschner 1988; unpublished data), Microtomus purcis (Drury) 
(unpublished data), 
and Triatoma sanguisuga (Leconte) (Froeschner 1988; 
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Table I.-List of the Reduviidae of Michigan. 
OLOGIST 29 
No. Dates of 
Taxon and Dist. Map Fig. No. Examined Adult Collection 
SUBFAMILY APIOMERINAE 
Apiomerus crassipes c a sipes (Fabricius) (Fig. 1)* 7 23 June-16 July 
SUBFAMILY EMESINAE 
Tribe Metapterini 
Barce fratema Saya (Fig. 2)* 13 30 June-28 Oct. 
Barce uhleri Banks (Fig. 3)* 15 12 April-8 Nov. 
Emesaya 
brevipennis brevipennis (Say) (Fig. 
4)* 37 7 Aug.-20 Oct. 
Tribe Ploariolini 
Empicoris culiciformis (De G~er) (Fig. 5)* 1 7 Aug. 
Empicoris errabundus (Say)/l, (Fig. 6) 3 22 June-15 July 
Empicoris orthoneuron McAtel, and Malloch (Fig. 7)* 2 28 June-2 July 
Empicoris parshleyi (Bergroth) ,e (Fig. 8) 1 10 July 
Empicoris pilosus (Fieberlb (Fig. 9) 1 20 July 
Empicoris winnemana McAtee and Malloch (Fig. 10)* 3 18 March-15 Oct. 
SUBFAMILY HARPACTORINAE 
Acholla multispinosa (De Geer)b (Fig. 11) 25 4 July·I6 Sept. 
Atrachelus cinereus cinereus (Fabricius)d 
Fitchia aptera Stat (Fig. 12)* 8 7 Jan.·7 July 
Fitchia spinosula Stata (Fig. 13)* 9 28 April·IO Oct. 
PseUiopus cinctus (Fabricius)b (Fig. 14) 6 30 April·8 Sept. 
Pselliopus latifasciatus Barberd 
Rhynocoris ventralis ventralis (Say) (Fig. 15)* 11 28 May-19 Aug. 
Sinea diadema (Fabricius)b (Fig. 16) 429 26 May-16 Oct. 
Sinea spinipes (Herrich-Schaeffer) (Fig. 17)* n 8 Aug.-20 Sept. 
Zelus (Pindus) tetracanthus Statb (Fig. 18) 28 2 June-I9 Aug. 
Zelus (Zelus) lutidus Statb (Fig. 19) 121 20 May-20 Aug. 
SUBFAMILY PEIRATINAE 
Melanolestes picipes (Herrich-Schae£fer)Il,e (Fig. 20)* 5 10 May-21 Oct. 
Sirthenia stria cannata (Fabriciusja. (Fig. 21) 38 27 June-I2 Sept. 
SUBFAMILY REDUVIINAE 
Reduvius 
personatus 
(L.)Il·b (Fig. 22) 178 11 May·20 Sept. 
SUBFAMILY SAICINAE 
Oncerotrachelus acuminatus (Say)a (Fig. 23)* 4 May 
SUBFAMILY STENOPODAINAE 
Narvesus carolinensis Stata (Fig. 24)* 1 25 July 
Pnirontis modesta Banksa (Fig. 25)* 1 25 July 
Pygolampis pectoralis (Say)a (Fig. 26)* 8 2 May-13 Sept. 
Pygolampis sericea Statn (Fig. 27)* 1 22 May 
Stenopoda spinulosa Giacchin (Fig. 28)* 5 28 June'(?) Aug. 
*Michigan state record. 
aSome specimens examined, not necessarily from Michigan, collected at light. 
bListed from Michigan by Frooschner (1988). 
cHoused in American Museum of Natural History. 
dListed from Michigan by Froeschner 1988 catalog but no specimens from state found during 
present study. 
eIncludes M. abdominalis (Herrich·Schaeffer), which is only a color variant; see McPherson et 
al. (1991). 
unpublished data). Of these, my records indicate that only T. sanguisuga 
occurs north of the southern third of Illinois (one record from Du Page Co.) 
and, thus, is mo tly likely to eventually be found in Michigan. 
Of the seven Michigan subfamilies, the Emesinae and Harpactorinae were 
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particularly well represented with each containing 32.1% of the species 
present (Table 1). 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 
I thank M. F. O'Brien, Insect Division, University of Michigan Museum of 
Zoology; and F. W. Stehr and R. L. Fischer. Department of Entomology, 
Michigan State University; for permission to examine the collections in their 
respective institutions. I am also grateful to R. T. Schuh. Department of 
Entomology, American Museum of Natural History, NY, for allowing me to 
examine the Michigan specimen of E. parshleyi. 
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The Great Lakes Entomologist Volume 25 Number 1 - Spring 1992 Number 1 - Spring 1992 Article 4 April 1992 The Assassin Bugs of Michigan (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) J. E. McPherson Southern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle  Part of the Entomology Commons Recommended Citation McPherson, J. E. 1992. "The Assassin Bugs of Michigan (Heteroptera: Reduviidae)," The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 25 (1) Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol25/iss1/4 This Peer-Review Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of Biology at ValpoScholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Great Lakes Entomologist by an authorized administrator of ValpoScholar. For more information, please contact a ValpoScholar staff member at scholar@valpo.edu. 1992 25THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST THE ASSASSIN BUGS OF MICHIGAN (HETEROPTERA:REDUVIIDAE) J. E. McPherson1 ABSTRACT Assassin bugs collected in Michigan and housed in the U iversity of Michi­gan Museum of Zoology and the Michigan St te University Entomology Museum were used to compile a list of the state's species and subspecies. A total of 27 was found; an additional species, Empicoris parshleyi, was repre­sented by a single specimen housed in the American Museum of Natural History. Eighteen of the 28 taxa represented new records for the state. The Reduviidae, or assassin bugs, of America north of Mexico have received little attention from heteropterists in recent years, which seems surprising because of their predaceous habits and, therefore, possible use in biological control. Work in the latter part of the nineteenth century and early years of the twentieth century consisted almost entirely of annotated lists and, occa­sionally, keys (e. g., Parshley 1914, 1917, 1922; Torre-Bueno 1923). Much of this work was summarized by Blatchley (1926) and Readio (1927) whose mono­graphs also included original observations on biology. Subsequent to their works, information on these insects has consisted primarily of a few life his­tory studies of individual species (e.g., Brown and Lollis 1963, DeCoursey 1963, Swadener and Yonke 1973a, b, c, 1975), a limited number ofrevisionary studies that have included North American species (e.g., Barber, 1929-1930; Coscaron 1983; Elkins 1954; Giacchi 1969,1984; Hart 1986; Lent and Wygod­zinsky 1979; Willemse 1985; Wygodzinsky 1966; Wygodzinsky an  Usinger 1964), some state lists (e.g., Brimley 1938, North Carolina; Froeschner 1944, Missouri; Elkins 1951, Texas; Drew and Schaefer 1963, Oklahoma) and a few lists for even smaller geographical areas (e.g., McPherson and Weber 1981, 1990; Werner and Butler 1957; Whitcomb and Bell 1964). Slater and Baranowski (1978) included ran~ distributions of several species in their generalized account of the family, but their work was not meant to be comprehensive. Froeschner (1988) summarized the known distributions of all reduviids occurring in America north of Mexico but because so few faunal lists had been published, his information was far from complete. Particularly lacking were records from the northcentral region. Therefore, records from this part of the country are needed for a better understanding of the ranges of these insects. During May-June, 1990 and 1991, I had the opportunity to visit the collec­tions of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Ann Arbor, and the Michigan State University E tomolo~ Museum, East Lansing. Both collec­tions had several species and subspecIes represented by Michigan specimens. lDepartment of Zoology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901. 1McPherson: The Assassin Bugs of Michigan (Heteroptera: Reduviidae)Published by ValpoScholar, 199226 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST Vol. 25, No.1 Figures 1-6. State distributions of six Michigan reduviid species and subspecies. 1, Apiomerus crassipes crassipes; 2, Barce fratema; 3, Barce uhleri; 4, Emesaya brevi pen­nis brevipennis; 5, Empicoris culiciformis; 6, Empicoris errabundus. Figures 7-12. State distributions of six Michigan reduviid species. 7, Empicoris ortho­neuron; 8, Empicoris parshleyi; 9, Empicoris pilosus; 10, Empicoris winnemana; 11, Acholla multispinosa; 12, Fitch a aptera. 2The Great Lakes Entomologist, Vol. 25, No. 1 [1992], Art. 4https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol25/iss1/41992 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST 27 Figures 13-18. State distributions of six Michigan reduviid species and subspecies. 13, Fitchia spinosula; 14, Pselliopus cinctus; 15, Rhynocoris ventralis ventralis; 16, Sinea diadema; 17, Sinea spinipes; 18, Zelus te tracan thus. Figures 19-24. State distributions of six Michigan reduviid species and subspecies. 19, Zelus luridus; 20, Melanolestes picipes; 21, Sirthenia stria carinata; 22, Reduvius per­sonatus; 23, Oncerotrachelus acuminatus; 24, Narvesus carolinensis. 3McPherson: The Assassin Bugs of Michigan (Heteroptera: Reduviidae)Published by ValpoScholar, 199228 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST Vol. 25, No.1 Figures 25-28. State distributions of four Michigan reduviid species. 25, Pnirontis modesta; 26, Pygolampis pectoralis; 27, Pygolampis sericea; 28, Stenopoda spinulosa. A list of these taxa is presented here. This list should be viewed only as preliminary because, based on these collections, he Upper Peninsula has been poorly collected. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION A total of 27 Michigan species and subspecies was represented in the collec­tions; an additional species, Empicoris parshleyi (Bergroth), was not repre­sented but a Michigan specimen was found in material housed in the Ameri­can Museum of Natural History, New York. Only 10 of these were listed from Michigan by Froeschner (1988) (Table 1). Of the 18 records, only four (Le., Empicoris culiciformis [De Geer]; E. winnemana McAtee and Malloch, see McPherson 1991a; E. orthoneuron McAtee and Malloch, see McPherson 1991b; and Fitchia spinosula St~) represented records new to the Great Lakes region; th  remaining 14 had previously been found in adjacent sta es by earlier collectors (Froeschner 1988). A list of these taxa, and reference to the state distribution map for each species, are given in Table 1. Also included are the numbers of adult specimens examined, the range of their collection dates, and whether any specimens were collected at light (light records include speci­mens collected from Michigan and elsewhere). Seven of the 10 North American subfamilies were represented in Michigan, the exceptions being Ectrichodiinae, Microtominae, and Triatominae. These three subfamilies are represented in Illinois by, respectively, Rhiginia cruciata (Say), (Froeschner 1988; unpublished data), Microtomus purcis (Drury) (unpublished data), and Triatoma sanguisuga (Leconte) (Froeschner 1988; 4The Great Lakes Entomologist, Vol. 25, No. 1 [1992], Art. 4https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol25/iss1/41992 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMTable I.-List of the Reduviidae of Michigan. OLOGIST 29 No. Dates of Taxon and Dist. Map Fig. No. Examined Adult Collection SUBFAMILY APIOMERINAE Apiomerus crassipes c a sipes (Fabricius) (Fig. 1)* 7 23 June-16 July SUBFAMILY EMESINAE Tribe Metapterini Barce fratema Saya (Fig. 2)* 13 30 June-28 Oct. Barce uhleri Banks (Fig. 3)* 15 12 April-8 Nov. Emesaya brevipennis brevipennis (Say) (Fig. 4)* 37 7 Aug.-20 Oct. Tribe Ploariolini Empicoris culiciformis (De G~er) (Fig. 5)* 1 7 Aug. Empicoris errabundus (Say)/l, (Fig. 6) 3 22 June-15 July Empicoris orthoneuron McAtel, and Malloch (Fig. 7)* 2 28 June-2 July Empicoris parshleyi (Bergroth) ,e (Fig. 8) 1 10 July Empicoris pilosus (Fieberlb (Fig. 9) 1 20 July Empicoris winnemana McAtee and Malloch (Fig. 10)* 3 18 March-15 Oct. SUBFAMILY HARPACTORINAE Acholla multispinosa (De Geer)b (Fig. 11) 25 4 July·I6 Sept. Atrachelus cinereus cinereus (Fabricius)d Fitchia aptera Stat (Fig. 12)* 8 7 Jan.·7 July Fitchia spinosula Stata (Fig. 13)* 9 28 April·IO Oct. PseUiopus cinctus (Fabricius)b (Fig. 14) 6 30 April·8 Sept. Pselliopus latifasciatus Barberd Rhynocoris ventralis ventralis (Say) (Fig. 15)* 11 28 May-19 Aug. Sinea diadema (Fabricius)b (Fig. 16) 429 26 May-16 Oct. Sinea spinipes (Herrich-Schaeffer) (Fig. 17)* n 8 Aug.-20 Sept. Zelus (Pindus) tetracanthus Statb (Fig. 18) 28 2 June-I9 Aug. Zelus (Zelus) lutidus Statb (Fig. 19) 121 20 May-20 Aug. SUBFAMILY PEIRATINAE Melanolestes picipes (Herrich-Schae£fer)Il,e (Fig. 20)* 5 10 May-21 Oct. Sirthenia stria cannata (Fabriciusja. (Fig. 21) 38 27 June-I2 Sept. SUBFAMILY REDUVIINAE Reduvius personatus (L.)Il·b (Fig. 22) 178 11 May·20 Sept. SUBFAMILY SAICINAE Oncerotrachelus acuminatus (Say)a (Fig. 23)* 4 May SUBFAMILY STENOPODAINAE Narvesus carolinensis Stata (Fig. 24)* 1 25 July Pnirontis modesta Banksa (Fig. 25)* 1 25 July Pygolampis pectoralis (Say)a (Fig. 26)* 8 2 May-13 Sept. Pygolampis sericea Statn (Fig. 27)* 1 22 May Stenopoda spinulosa Giacchin (Fig. 28)* 5 28 June'(?) 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