Ectrichodiinae

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
An unidentified ectrichodine preying on a millipede
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
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
  • 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
  1. Heteropteran Systematics Lab @ UCR. "Unlikely relationships: Ectrichodiinae + Tribelocephalinae". Archived from the original on July 17, 2010. Retrieved Jan 14, 2010.
  2. (Maldonado 1990),
  3. Christiane Weirauch; Wolfgang Rabitsch; David Redei. "Austrokatanga, gen. nov., new genus of Ectrichodiinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from Australia" (PDF). Zootaxa 2094: 1–15 (2009).
  4. 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.
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