The Ectrichodiinae are a subfamily of assassin bugs (Reduviidae) known for specializing on millipedes as prey.[1] The group comprises more than 600 species in about 115 genera,[2] making it a fairly large subfamily. The bugs are also known for their aposematic coloration, often brightly colored metallic blue, red, or yellow.
| Ectrichodiinae | |
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| An unidentified ectrichodine preying on a millipede | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Reduviidae |
| Subfamily: | Ectrichodiinae Amyot and Serville, 1843 |
Species of this subfamily hide under leaf litter and sometimes boulders and hunt at night.[3]
Females have wing reduction and or/ extreme sexual dimorphism.[4]
Genera edit
- 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 Stål, 1859
- Stegius
- Synectrychotes
- Vilius
- Zirta Stål, 1859
References edit
Wikispecies has information related to Ectrichodiinae.
- ^ Heteropteran Systematics Lab @ UCR. "Unlikely relationships: Ectrichodiinae + Tribelocephalinae". Archived from the original on July 17, 2010. Retrieved Jan 14, 2010.
- ^ (Maldonado 1990),
- ^ Christiane Weirauch; Wolfgang Rabitsch; David Redei. "Austrokatanga, gen. nov., new genus of Ectrichodiinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from Australia" (PDF). Zootaxa 2094: 1–15 (2009).
- ^ FORTHMAN, MICHAEL; WEIRAUCH, CHRISTIANE (2017-06-06). "Millipede assassins and allies (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Ectrichodiinae, Tribelocephalinae): total evidence phylogeny, revised classification and evolution of sexual dimorphism". Systematic Entomology. 42 (3): 575–595. doi:10.1111/syen.12232. ISSN 0307-6970.