Rhynocoris
| Rhynocoris | |
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| Rhynocoris rubricus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Reduviidae |
| Subfamily: | Harpactorinae |
| Tribe: | Harpactorini |
| Genus: | Rhynocoris Hahn, 1834 |
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Rhynocoris annulatus looking for prey
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]
Life history
Rhynocoris kumarii is known to prey upon the larvae of Euproctis fraterna (Moore).[2]
Partial list of Species
- Rhynocoris abramovi (Oshanin, 1870)
- Rhynocoris albopilosus (Signoret, 1858)
- Rhynocoris albopunctatus (Stål, 1855)
- Rhynocoris iracundus (Poda, 1761)
- Rhynocoris kapangae Schouteden, 1952
- Rhynocoris kavirondo Jeannel, 1916
- Rhynocoris kedahensis Miller, 1941
- Rhynocoris kervillei Horváth, 1911
- Rhynocoris kumarii Ambrose and Livingstone, 1986[3]
- Rhynocoris leucospilus (Stål, 1859)
- Rhynocoris marginatus (Fabricius, 1794)
- Rhynocoris rubricus (Germar, 1814)
- Rhynocoris transitus Hoberlandt, 1951
- Rhynocoris tristis (Stål, 1855)
- Rhynocoris trochantericus (Reuter, 1877)
- Rhynocoris tropicus (Herrich, 1848)
- Rhynocoris ventralis (Say, 1832)
Gallery
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Rhynocoris annulatus
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Rhynocoris cuspidatus
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Rhynocoris erythropus
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Rhynocoris iracundus
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Rhynocoris punctiventris
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Rhynocoris rubricus
References
- ↑ Beal, Christy A. and Tallamy, Douglas W. (July 2006). "A new record of amphisexual care in an insect with exclusive paternal care: Rhynocoris tristis (Heteroptera: Reduviidae)". Journal of Ethology 24 (3): 305–307. doi:10.1007/s10164-005-0190-2.
- ↑ Ambrose, Dunston P.; Rajan, S. Jesu and Raja, J. Micheal (2008). "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 Entomology 70 (3): 206–216.
- ↑ Ambrose, Dunston P. and Livingstone, David (1986). "A new species of Rhynocoris (Fabricius) from southern India (Heteroptera-Reduviidae-Harpactorinae)". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 83 (1): 173–177.