Thread-legged Assassin Bug
S1, Antenna		Ellura
Thread-legged Assassin Bug
S1, Wing Venation		 
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Thread-legged Assassin Bug (Stenolemus bituberus)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: True Bugs (Hemiptera)
Family: Thread-legged Assassin Bug (Cimicomorpha, Reduviidae, Emesinae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Thread-legged Assassin Bug (Stenolemus bituberus)
This Photo:     🔍S1, Head🔎
Thank you Danilo Lüdke (lehelind) for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~11.5mm long
Notice a brown (front) & white (rear) projections from the thorax (middle to back) as well as the 2 "shoulder" spines at the front top of the thorax. The long thin projections can be seen more clearly in the head shot (white) and the antenna shot (brown).
One assumes the name bituberus is refering to these projections "bi"->"two" & "tuber"->"knob" ... or perhaps it's the shoulder "spines".
Copyright © 2025-2026 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 04-Jan-2025
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.