Biology:Eulyes amoena

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Short description: Species of true bug

Eulyes amoena
Eulyes amoena from Nias Island
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hemiptera
Infraorder:
Cimicomorpha
Superfamily:
Reduvioidea
Family:
Reduviidae
Subfamily:
Harpactorinae
Genus:
Eulyes
Species:
E. amoena
Binomial name
Eulyes amoena
(Guérin, 1838)

Eulyes amoena is a species of true assassin bugs belonging to the family Reduviidae.[1]

Description

Eulyes amoena shows a warningly black and red coloration. The black and red larva of these stinking bugs are mimicked the larva of a Bornean mantid.[2]

Distribution

This species is widespread in Indonesia (Borneo, Sumatra and Java).[3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Biolib
  2. ↑ Mimicry in Encyclopædia Britannica
  3. ↑ Celia M. Santos Mazorra Insectos, Volume 1
  4. ↑ "THE ANIMAL PARASITES OF MAN". http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/The_Animal_Parasites_of_Man_1000123637/423. 
  5. ↑ "Reduviidae.de". http://www.reduviidae.de/systematik/harpactorinae/eulyes.html. 
  • Maldonado Capriles J. (1990): Catalogue of the Reduviidae of the World, Caribbean Journal of Science, University of Puerto Rico

Wikidata ☰ Q19597217 entry




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