Pisulus tipuliformis is a species of assassin bug in the subfamily Harpactorinae. The females of this species exhibit maternal care, and can distinguish their own eggs from other females of the same species.
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Species: | P. tipuliformis
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Sources edit
- Parker, A. H. (March 1965). "The maternal behaviour of Pisilus tipuliformis Fabricius (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)". Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 8 (1): 13–19. doi:10.1111/j.1570-7458.1965.tb02337.x.