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Zelus prolixus

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

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Quick facts about Zelus prolixus

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

Where does Zelus prolixus live?

Not recorded

Is Zelus prolixus 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 prolixus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyReduviidae
  6. genusZelus
  7. SpeciesZelus prolixus (Stål, 1860)

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Zelus prolixus

Other species in the same genus Zelus.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is Zelus prolixus?

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

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{zelus_prolixus_2026,
  title = {Zelus prolixus (Zelus prolixus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/zelus-prolixus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}