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Mating behaviour of two assassin bugs—Rhinocoris marginatus Fabr. (Harpactorinae) andCatamiarus brevipennis Serv. (Piratinae) (Heteroptera: Reduviidae)
Dunston P Ambrose,David Livingstone +1 more
- Vol. 93, Iss: 6, pp 505-510
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BothRhinocoris marginatus andCatamiarus brevipennis perform a sequential pattern of mating.Abstract:
BothRhinocoris marginatus andCatamiarus brevipennis perform a sequential pattern of mating. The order of mating events is as follows—arousal—approach—preovulatory riding—embracing—extension of genitalia and connection achievement and postcopulatory acts such as grooming and ejection of spermatophore capsule by the female.read more
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Comparative genitalic morphology in the New World resin bugs Apiomerini (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Reduviidae, Harpactorinae)
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Biology, Behaviour and Biocontrol Efficiency of a Reduviid Predator, Sycanus reclinatus Dohrn (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from Southern India
S. J. Vennison,D. P. Ambrose +1 more
TL;DR: Sycanus reclinatusDOHRN, a reduviid predator, inhabits tropical evergreen forests of southern India and females lay clusters of brown coloured eggs 22 d after emergence and the pale-ochraceous nymphs turn into deep-och raceous within 1 h.
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Biological, behavioural and morphological tools in the biosystematics of Reduviidae (Insecta—Heteroptera—Reduviidae)
TL;DR: Information on the bioecology of 25 species, behavioural aspects of 40 species and morphological aspect of 165 species serve to adequately augment the understanding of the biosystematics of this important predatory group of insects.
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Diversity of spermatophore capsules in reduviids (Insecta, Heteroptera, Reduviidae) of south India.
TL;DR: The spermatophore capsules and their external morphology of twenty-one species of reduviids belonging to four subfamilies, viz., Acanthaspidinee, Ectrichodiinae, Harpactorinae and Piratinae are described and illustrated.
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Biology and behavior of Ectomocoris xavierei Vennison & Ambrose 1990 (Heteroptera Reduviidae Piratinae)
S. J. Vennison,D. P. Ambrose +1 more
TL;DR: A polymorphic assassin bug lays dull white, elongately oval eggs and preys in the following sequential pattern: arousal — approach — pouncing — rostral probing — stylets penetration — prey transportation and feeding.
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