Rhynocoris
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| 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 (historically often misspelled as "Rhinocoris"[1]) 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.[2]
Life history
Rhynocoris kumarii is known to prey upon the larvae of Euproctis fraterna (Moore).[3]
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[4]
- 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
Rhynocoris annulatus
Rhynocoris cuspidatus
Rhynocoris erythropus
Rhynocoris iracundus
Rhynocoris punctiventris
Rhynocoris rubricus
References
- ↑ Parker, A.H. (1969). The predatory and reproductive bahvious of Rhinocoris bicolor and R. tropicus (HEMIPTERA: REDUVIIDAE). Ent. Exp. & Appl. 12: 107-117
- ↑ Beal, Christy A. & 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 & 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. & 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.
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