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Zelus dorycus

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Zelus dorycus is a species in the family Reduviidae, order Hemiptera.

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Quick facts about Zelus dorycus

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
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Main food
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Habitat
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Young per litter or clutch
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Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Zelus dorycus live?

Not recorded

Is Zelus dorycus endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Zelus dorycus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyReduviidae
  6. genusZelus
  7. SpeciesZelus dorycus Boisduval, 1835

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Zelus dorycus

Other species in the same genus Zelus.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is Zelus dorycus?

Zelus dorycus (Zelus dorycus) belongs to the family Reduviidae in the order Hemiptera.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Zelus dorycus (Zelus dorycus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/zelus-dorycus

MLA

“Zelus dorycus (Zelus dorycus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/zelus-dorycus.

BibTeX
@misc{zelus_dorycus_2026,
  title = {Zelus dorycus (Zelus dorycus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/zelus-dorycus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}