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Zelus ruficeps

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

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Quick facts about Zelus ruficeps

Weight
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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
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Countries on record
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Where does Zelus ruficeps live?

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Is Zelus ruficeps 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 ruficeps classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyReduviidae
  6. genusZelus
  7. SpeciesZelus ruficeps Stål, 1862

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Zelus ruficeps

Other species in the same genus Zelus.

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What kind of animal is Zelus ruficeps?

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

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APA

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{zelus_ruficeps_2026,
  title = {Zelus ruficeps (Zelus ruficeps)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/zelus-ruficeps},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}