Cosmolestes picticeps STL, 1859 (Yellow Assassin bug)Genus:
Cosmolestes STL, 1859Tribus: HarpactoriniSubfamily Harpactorinae AMYOT & SERVILLE, 1843[det "taka-", 2010, based on this photo]Family: Reduviidae (Assassin bugs, Raubwanzen)Superfamily: CimicomorphaSuborder: Heteroptera (real bugs, Wanzen)Order: Hemiptera (true bugs, Schnabelkerfe)Subclass: PterygotaClass: InsectaSubphylum: HexapodaPhylum: Arthropoda (Gliederfer)biology:: sometimes they prefer not to kill:
www.nature2pixel.com/?p=372distribution: Malay Peninsular, Java, Sumatra, BorneoDistrant, 1908: Rhynchota Vol2:
www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12704293#page/370/mode/1upmore info:
www.reduviidae.de/systematik/harpactorinae/cosmolestes.htmlzipcodezoo.com/Animals/c/cosmolestes_picticeps/Indonesia, N-Sumatra, Aceh: Mt. Leuser NP (E-slope of Mt. Kemiri), ca. 800m asl., 18.04.2009IMG_5214