Glymmatophora
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| Genus: | Glymmatophora Stål, 1855
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Glymmatophora, the Metallic Assassin Bugs, is a genus of assassin bugs belonging to the family Reduviidae.
Description[]
These medium-sized bugs are brightly metallic red or orange and bluish black or dark brown colored, an aposematic coloration. The females are wingless and are similar to the nymphs.[1]
Members of this genus are known for hunting on diplopods giant African millipedes, by injecting them with a fast acting venom .[2] They usually hide under leaf litter and sometimes boulders and prey at night.[1]
Distribution[]
Species within this genus can be found throughout Southern Africa.[1][3]
Species[]
Species within this genus include:[4][5]
- Horvath, 1914
- Villiers, 1948
- Villiers, 1952
- Miller, 1956
- (Distant, 1903)
- Horváth, 1914
- Schouteden, 1919
- (de Jonck, 1898)
- (Schouteden, 1909)
- Breddin, 1913
- (Schaum, 1853)
- Schouteden, 1931
- Schouteden, 1919
- Villiers, 1971
- Villiers, 1948
- Villiers, 1950
- Villiers, 1950
- Miller, 1950
- Miller, 1950
- Miller, 1956
- (Stål, 1855)
- Schouteden, 1931
- (Stål, 1855)
- Horvath, 1914
- Miller, 1950
- Stål, 1853
- (de Jonck, 1898)
- Horvath, 1906
- Horvath, 1914
- Schouteden, 1919
- Stål, 1855
- Schouteden, 1919
- Schouteden, 1919
- Horvath, 1914
- Hesse, 1925
- Miller, 1956
References[]
- Maldonado Capriles J. (1990): Catalogue of the Reduviidae of the World, Caribbean Journal of Science, University of Puerto Rico
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- Reduviidae
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