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Hotea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Scutelleridae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Insecta

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
True bugs

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Similar
  
True bugs, Coleotichus blackburniae, Coptosoma, Dinidoridae, Urostylididae

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Hotea is a genus of shield-backed bugs belonging to the family Scutelleridae.

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Species

  • Hotea acuta Stål, 1865
  • Hotea circumcincta Walker, 1867
  • Hotea curculionoides (Herrich-Schäffer, 1836)
  • Hotea denticulata Stål, 1865
  • Hotea gambiae (Westwood, 1837)
  • Hotea nigrorufa Walker, 1867
  • Hotea redtenbacheri
  • Hotea subfasciata (Westwood, 1837

    • Description

    Male jewel bugs of the genus Hotea possess an unusually large, spiky, and heavily sclerotized genitalia. They are used in a mating practice known as traumatic insemination, a result of evolutionary sexual conflict. Male Hotea bugs tear through the female reproductive ducts to deposit sperm, inflicting substantial damage to the female in the process.

    References

    Hotea Wikipedia
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