Reduviinae

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Reduviinae
Dust bug (Reduvius personatus)

Dust bug ( Reduvius personatus )

Systematics
Order : Schnabelkerfe (Hemiptera)
Subordination : Bed bugs (heteroptera)
Partial order : Cimicomorpha
Superfamily : Reduvioidea
Family : Predatory bugs (Reduviidae)
Subfamily : Reduviinae
Scientific name
Reduviinae
Latreille , 1807

The Reduviinae are a subfamily of the predatory bugs (Reduviidae) from the suborder Cimicomorpha .

features

The bugs reach sizes between 8 and 22 millimeters. They usually have point eyes ( ocelli ). The hemielytres are without a disc cell. The tarsi are tripartite. On the front and middle legs there are fossula spongiosa (specialized hairy structures that serve to hold on).

Way of life

The Reduviinae predatory feed on various arthropods . The best known representative of the Reduviinae is the synanthropic dust bug ( Reduvius personatus ). The subfamily is represented worldwide.

Taxonomy and systematics

The Reduviinae form a polyphyletic group. It includes around 1000 species in more than 140 genera . In Europe the subfamily is represented with 21 species from 3 genera. In North America north of Mexico there are 6 species from 3 genera.

The Reduviinae include the following genera:

Species in Europe

The following species occur in Europe:

More types

A selection of non-European species:

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e Subfamily Reduviinae . bugguide.net. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  2. a b c d e Christiane Weirauch: Heteropteran Systematics Lab @ UCR - Reduviinae . University of California, Riverside. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  3. a b Reduviinae. Fauna Europaea, accessed January 28, 2017 .
  4. ^ Subfamily Reduviinae Latreille, 1807 . biolib. Retrieved January 28, 2017.

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