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

^ Heteropteran Systematics Lab @ UCR. "Unlikely relationships: Ectrichodiinae + Tribelocephalinae". Retrieved Jan 14, 2010.
^ (Maldonado 1990),
^ Ted C. MacRae. "Millipede assassin bug". Retrieved Jan 14, 2010.
^ Christiane Weirauch; Wolfgang Rabitsch; David Redei. "Austrokatanga, gen. nov., new genus of Ectrichodiinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from Australia" (PDF). Zootaxa 2094: 1–15 (2009).

[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).

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