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Subfamily Ectrichodiinae - Millipede Assassins

Black and Red Beware - Rhiginia cruciata Scralet-bordered assassin bug - Rhiginia cruciata Plant Bug 1 - Rhiginia cruciata Rhiginia cruciata? - Rhiginia cruciata Rhiginia cinctiventris? - Rhiginia cinctiventris Assassin - Rhiginia cinctiventris Scarlet-Bordered Assassin Bug - Rhiginia cruciata Male, Rhiginia cinctiventris? - Rhiginia cinctiventris - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Cimicomorpha
Family Reduviidae (Assassin Bugs)
Subfamily Ectrichodiinae (Millipede Assassins)
Explanation of Names
Ectrichodiinae Amyot & Serville 1843
Numbers
2 spp. in one genus in our area(1), >660 spp. in 123 genera worldwide(2)
Identification
Many species exhibit aposematic coloration and strong sexual dimorphism, two traits not commonly observed in many other reduviid subfamilies (UCR Heteropteran Lab).
Range
circumtropical(2)
Food
millipedes(2)
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