Ectrichodiinae

Ectrichodiinae
An unidentified ectrichodine preying on a millipede
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Superfamily:	Cimicomorpha
Family:	Reduviidae
Subfamily:	Ectrichodiinae Amyot and Serville, 1843

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.^[3]

Species of this subfamily hide under leaf litter and sometimes boulders and hunt at night.^[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". Retrieved Jan 14, 2010.
2. (Maldonado 1990),
3. Ted C. MacRae. "Millipede assassin bug". Retrieved Jan 14, 2010.
4. Christiane Weirauch; Wolfgang Rabitsch; David Redei. "Austrokatanga, gen. nov., new genus of Ectrichodiinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from Australia" (PDF). Zootaxa 2094: 1–15 (2009).