Rhynocoris

Rhynocoris
Rhynocoris rubricus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Reduviidae
Subfamily: Harpactorinae
Tribe: Harpactorini
Genus: Rhynocoris
Hahn, 1834
Species

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Rhynocoris is a genus of assassin bug family (Reduviidae), in the subfamily Harpactorinae.

Species of this genus are noted for providing parental care of offspring. Parental care is unusual in subsocial insects, having only evolved six times in the Heteroptera. R. tristis for example, is well-known for guarding egg masses.[1]

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Life history

R. kumarii is known to prey upon the larvae of Euproctis fraterna (Moore)[2]

Partial list of Species

Gallery

References

  1. ^ Christy A. Beal and Douglas W. Tallamy. "A new record of amphisexual care in an insect with exclusive paternal care: Rhynocoris tristis (Heteroptera: Reduviidae)". Journal of Ethology: Volume 24, Number 3, July, 2006. http://www.springerlink.com/content/b11v2431666x2q45/. 
  2. ^ Ambrose Dunston P., Rajan S. Jesu, Raja J. Micheal. "Functional response of Rhynocoris kumarii Ambrose and Livingstone and normal and synergy-505 exposed Rhynocoris marginatus (Fab.) to larva of Euproctis fraterna (Moore)". Indian Journal of EntomologyVolume : 70, Issue : 3, 2008. http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:ije&volume=70&issue=3&article=004.