<i>Notes on the biology of the</i> Reduviidae of Southern Rhodesia.

Miller, N. C. E.

doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1953.tb00233.x

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“…Ce sont pour la plupart des termitophages occasionnels : Leogorrus litura (Fabricius 1787) (Reduviinae), Eupheno pallens (Laporte 1833) (Cetherinae), Apiomerus hirtipes (Fabricius 1787), Rhynocoris kumarii Ambrose & Livingstone 1987 (Harpactorinae), Lisarda sp. (Salyavatinae) (Haviland 1931 ;Miller 1953 ;1971 ;Ambrose 1999). Des Reduviinae (Acanthaspis en particulier) dont certains vivent dans les termitières abandonnées, se nourrissent aussi de termites (Villiers  ;Odhiambo 1958).…”

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“…Des espèces du genre Phonolibes (Harpactorinae) sont soupçonnées de vivre dans des termitières (Miller 1953) ainsi qu'une espèce de Sphaeridopinae observée par Wygodzinsky (Cobben 1978 ;McMahan 1982). Breddin (1904) a récolté à l'intérieur même de termitières, des immatures de plusieurs espèces appartenant à des sous-familles diff érentes (Reduviinae, Harpactorinae, Ectrichodinae), mais là encore il est diffi cile de conclure.…”

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Notes surMicrauchenus lineola(Fabricius 1787), espèce termitophile et termitophage (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae, Apiomerini)

Bérenger

Pluot-Sigwalt

2009

Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.)

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Abstract. Notes on Micrauchenus lineola (Fabricius 1787), a termitophilous and termitophagous species (Reduviidae: Harpactorinae, Apiomerini). Unlike the other Apiomerini, which are mostly polyphagous predators, Micrauchenus lineola seems to feed exclusively on termites. Immatures of different stages have been found in galleries of a termit nest (Nasutitermes sp.) where they are apparently well tolerated by their preys. M. lineola can be distinguished from the other Apiomerini by some distinctive morphological features: -short and convex head; -right maxillary stylets strongly barbed; -absence of tarsal sulcus on the fore legs. The barbed right maxillary stylet shows some similarities with those of other termitophagous reduvids belonging to the subfamilies Salyavatinae and Sphaeridopinae.Résumé. Contrairement aux autres Apiomerini, des prédateurs souvent polyphages vivant sur des plantes diverses, Micrauchenus lineola semble se nourrir exclusivement de termites. Des immatures à différents stades ont été trouvés dans les galeries d'une termitière (Nasutitermes sp.) où ils sont apparemment bien acceptés par les termites dont ils se nourrissent. Quelques particularités morphologiques sont précisées chez l'adulte : -tête courte et convexe, -stylet maxillaire droit pourvu de longs processus lamelliformes, -absence de sillon tarsal sur les pattes antérieures. Le stylet maxillaire droit montre des similitudes avec ceux d'autres Reduviidae termitophages appartenant aux Salyavatinae et aux Sphaerodopinae.

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Notes surMicrauchenus lineola(Fabricius 1787), espèce termitophile et termitophage (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae, Apiomerini)

Bérenger

Pluot-Sigwalt

2009

Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.)

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“…Even though some references identified millipedes to genus or species (Cachan, 1952;Miller, 1953;Haridass & Ananthakrishnan, 1980;Lawrence, 1984;Giliomee, 1985;Ambrose, 1999) Oct. 2011) took images used in the analysis and gave permission to publish the data and images (Fig. 1).…”

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“…1I). Four less specific observations by Miller (1953) indicated that ectrichodiines targeted trunk intersegmental membranes, and Lawrence (1984) mentioned intersegmental membranes without reference to body region. Haridass (1985) stated that ectrichodiines also insert stylets at the head-collum intersegmental membrane.…”

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Toxic associations: A review of the predatory behaviors of millipede assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Ectrichodiinae)

Forthman¹,

Weirauch²

2012

Eur. J. Entomol.

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Abstract. Ectrichodiinae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), the millipede assassin bugs, are a speciose group (>660 species) of assassin bugs that appear to be specialist predators on Diplopoda, or millipedes. Apparently capable of coping with the noxious defensive compounds produced by many millipedes, Ectrichodiinae are engaged in a predator-prey relationship with millipedes realized only by few other arthropods. Unfortunately, feeding behaviors of Ectrichodiinae are inadequately documented, rendering this exciting phenomenon largely inaccessible. We here present a literature review on ectrichodiine prey selection and feeding behaviors, with supplemental original observations on Rhiginia cinctiventris (Stål, 1872) in Costa Rica. Thirteen species in 12 genera have been observed to feed on millipedes. The majority of diplopod prey species were reported from the orders Spirostreptida and Spirobolida, whereas Polydesmida are rarely attacked. Ectrichodiinae insert their stylets at the millipede's intersegmental membranes on the ventral and ventro-lateral trunk area or between the head and collum. Communal predation was observed among conspecific nymphs, among groups of nymphs with a conspecific adult, and more rarely among adults. Immature ectrichodiines were rarely observed to engage in solitary predation. Observations on R. cinctiventris indicate that this species preys on spirobolid and polydesmid millipedes and are in agreement with behaviors described for other Ectrichodiinae.

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“…The bionomics of all species of Rhaphidosoma has remained poorly known, and no published information is available on their prey, oviposition and egg structure except that of Rh. atkinsoni by Haridass (1985Haridass ( , 1988 and some observations on the African congeners by Miller (1953Miller ( , 1956.…”

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First record of Rhaphidosoma atkinsoni (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) from Maharashtra, India, with redescription and observations on its bionomics

Pansare

Joshi

Boyane

et al. 2017

Zootaxa

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Notes on the biology of the Reduviidae of Southern Rhodesia.

Cited by 41 publications

References 4 publications

Notes surMicrauchenus lineola(Fabricius 1787), espèce termitophile et termitophage (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae, Apiomerini)

Notes surMicrauchenus lineola(Fabricius 1787), espèce termitophile et termitophage (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae, Apiomerini)

Toxic associations: A review of the predatory behaviors of millipede assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Ectrichodiinae)

First record of Rhaphidosoma atkinsoni (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) from Maharashtra, India, with redescription and observations on its bionomics

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