Living on a sticky trap: natural history and morphology of Bactrodes assassin bugs (Insecta: Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Bactrodinae)
Author
Weirauch, C.
Author
Zhang, G.
Author
Forero, D.
Author
Bérenger, J. - M.
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Journal of Natural History
2021
2021-06-11
55
5 - 6
341
363
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2021.1903110
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10.1080/00222933.2021.1903110
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Identification of
Bactrodes
,
host plants, prey and trapped carrion insects, and
egg parasitoids
Voucher specimens of
Bactrodes
were identified using
Coscarón and Melo (2003)
. Host plants were identified by Humberto
Mendoza
, Fabian Michelangeli, and Theodore Cochrane from field photographs and identifications are provided in
Table 1
. Prey insects were preserved in 96% ethanol together with the feeding
Bactrodes
individuals. Prey and trapped carrion specimens were classified to order and family, where possible, using standard insect identification literature. The identity of egg parasitoids as a species of
Trichogramma
(Trichogrammatidae)
and a species of
Telenomus
(Scelionidae)
were confirmed by Richard Stouthamer and Norman Johnson, respectively.