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Ectrichodiinae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Cimicomorpha

Higher classification
  
Assassin Bug

Order
  
True bugs

Suborder
  
Heteroptera

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Subfamily

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Assassin Bug, True bugs, Insect, Saicinae, Holoptilinae

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The Ectrichodiinae are a subfamily of assassin bugs (Reduviidae) known for specializing on millipedes as prey. The group comprises more than 600 species in about 115 genera, making it a fairly large subfamily. The bugs are also known for their aposematic coloration, often brightly colored metallic blue, red, or yellow.

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Species of this subfamily hide under leaf litter and sometimes boulders and hunt at night.

Genera

  • Austrokatanga Weirauch, 2009
  • Borgmeierina Wygodzinsky, 1949
  • Brontostoma Kirkaldy, 1904
  • Caecina Stål, 1863
  • Choucoris Cai, 2000
  • Daraxa Stål, 1859
  • Echinocoris Livingstone & Ravichandran, 1992
  • Ectrichodia
  • Ectrychotes
  • Glymmatophora Stål, 1855
  • Guionius
  • Haematorrhophus
  • Hemihaematorrhophus Murugan & Livingstone, 1995
  • Labidocoris
  • Pseudozirta Berenger & Gil-Santana, 2005
  • Rhiginia Stål, 1859
  • Scadra
  • Stegius
  • Synectrychotes
  • Vilius
  • Zirta Stål, 1859

    • References

    Ectrichodiinae Wikipedia
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