Repipta taurus

(Fabricius, 1803) · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Reduviidae/Repipta

At a glance

Occurrence records1 664

Data sources6

Biological traits0

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections2

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Repipta taurus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 664 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 664 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 2 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

Repipta taurus, the red bull assassin, is a species of assassin bug in the family Reduviidae. It is found in Central America and North America. Red bull assassin, Repipta taurus

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding2 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Repipta taurus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

BINs1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections2

Countries2

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 664 records

Wild obs. + sensor1 468

Museum / vouchered196

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO3 512 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy81% within 1 km

≤100 m 799≤1 km 151≤10 km 53>10 km 170

1 173 georeferenced · 295 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor1 468

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy7% within 1 km

≤1 km 1≤10 km 12>10 km 1

14 georeferenced · 182 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence196

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions6 of 12 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record	65
Mississippi State, US	48
University of Central Floridalocation not on record	19
Champaign, US	16
College Station, US	15
Durango, MX	13
CUlocation not on record	10
Washington, US	4
MX	2
OSUClocation not on record	1
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	1
Universidad Católica de Manizaleslocation not on record	1

12 institutions · 195 of 196 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Repipta taurus was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found2

Studies independent surveys1

Countries2

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 detections have coordinates

Open the map2 countries0

Forest

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median26.6 °C 25.3–27.8

Seasonal swing summer↔winter8.60 °C

Max temp (day)30.2 °C 28.3–32.1

Min temp (night)23.7 °C 22.8–24.5

Precipitation201 mm/mo 132–270

Air humidity67.6 % 62.4–72.7

Moisture balance45.4 mm/mo -36.5–127

Vapour deficit1,148 Pa 886–1,411

Wind speed2.60 m/s 2.50–2.80

Cloud cover29.3 % 24.1–34.6

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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Repipta taurus

At a glance

Sources6 archives

At a glance

Record type1 664 records

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions6 of 12 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Modelled climatemodelled

Record type1 664 records