I was happy to find this Masked Hunter in my dusty attic, covered with the sourrounding dirt :-)Phylum: Arthropoda LATREILLE, 1829 (arthropods, Gliederfer)Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816 (hexapods, Sechsfer)Class: Insecta LINNAEUS, 1758 (insects, Insekten)Subclass: Pterygota LANG, 1888 (Fluginsekten)Infraclass: Neoptera MARTYNOV, 1923Order: Hemiptera LINNAEUS, 1758 (true bugs, Schnabelkerfe)Suborder: Heteroptera LINNAEUS, 1758 (real bugs, Wanzen)Infraorder: Cimicomorpha LESTON, PENDERGRAST & SOUTHWOOD, 1954Superfamily: Reduvioidea LATREILLE, 1807Family: Reduviidae LATREILLE, 1807 (assassin and thread-legged bugs, Raubwanzen)Subfamily: Reduviinae LATREILLE, 1807Genus:
Reduvius FABRICIUS, 1775
Reduvius personatus LINNAEUS, 1758 (Masked Hunter, Kotwanze oder Staubwanze)more info (German):
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/StaubwanzeGermany, Hesse: Kassel, ca. 180m asl., 16.04.2016___________________________________________100mm Macro, f/16, 1/100s, ISO100, ring-flash, hand-heldIMG_7694