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Reduviidae - Science topic

A family of winged insects of the suborder HETEROPTERA, called assassin bugs, because most prey on other insects. However one subfamily, TRIATOMINAE, attacks humans and other vertebrates and transmits Chagas disease.
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Rogelio R. Muñoz-Li
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I´m looking for the reference Maldonado Capriles 1990 about the systematic of Reduviidae?
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  • 19 Jul 2019
Hi colleagues
I need the reference: Maldonado Capriles, J. (1990). Systematic catalogue of the Reduviidae of the world (Insecta: Heteroptera). Caribbean Journal of Science.
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  • 2 Aug 2019
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Luis Miguel Constantino
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Reduvid egg parasitoids ?
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  • 11 May 2017
I obtained three parasitoids from the same batch of eggs from a Reduviidae bug from Colombia possibly from the Platygastridae family. There are few published records of parasitoids in Reduviidae eggs. I would like to know if anyone knows what genus and species are? The yellow individual may be an hyperparasitoid. If you have published records  please let me know.
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  • 16 May 2017
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Hi,
I think that you have specimens belong to Telenomus (Scelionidae, Platygastroidea), possibly T. polymorphus Costa Lima, 1943, but I  am not sure because is difficult to identify the species level using only the pictures.
Best regards,  Ovidiu 
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Luis Miguel Constantino
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Can anyone help me ID this Reduviid bug ?
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  • 25 Feb 2017
This assassin bug (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)  of the genus Arilus is from Colombia, It looks similar to Arilus cristatus,  carinatus and gallus.  Thank you.
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  • 28 Feb 2017
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Thank you Alfonso for your great and precise answer. According to the description made by Herrera 2013, my specimen belongs to Arilus gallus ( A. gallus has the edges of the abdomen rounded or slightly sinuous like in the picture, while in A. cristatus is heavily sinuous).
Regards,
Luis Miguel
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