Ptilocnemus femoralis

Ptilocnemus femoralis
	adult
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Family:	Reduviidae
Subfamily:	Holoptilinae
Tribe:	Holoptilini
Genus:	Ptilocnemus
Species:	P. femoralis
Binomial name
	Ptilocnemus femoralis; Horváth, 1902

Ptilocnemus femoralis is a species of feather-legged bugs in the Holoptilinae subfamily. This species is found in Australia and has a specialized gland called a trichome that produces a chemical to attract and paralyze ants.[1]

References

Hawkeswood, Trevor. "Some Notes of Three Species of Australian Reduviidae" (PDF). Victorian Entomologist Vol. 20 No. 5 1990. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2010-01-17.

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[1] Hawkeswood, Trevor. "Some Notes of Three Species of Australian Reduviidae" (PDF). Victorian Entomologist Vol. 20 No. 5 1990. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2010-01-17.