Eating with the enemy?: mimic complex between a stingless bee and assassin bugs

In this study, we record for the first time the genus Notocyrtus (Heteroptera, Reduviidae) from Argentina based on three species: Notocyrtus dorsalis (Gray), Notocyrtus dispersus Carvalho & Costa, and Notocyrtus foveatus Stål. We also describe and illustrate a mimetic complex comprising the thre...

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Autores principales: Álvarez, Leopoldo Jesús, Melo, María Cecilia
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2019
Materias:
Zoología
Harpactorinae
Meliponini
Notocyrtus
Bauhinia
Extrafloral nectaries
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/109500
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SEDICI (UNLP) de Universidad Nacional de La Plata
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Sumario:In this study, we record for the first time the genus Notocyrtus (Heteroptera, Reduviidae) from Argentina based on three species: Notocyrtus dorsalis (Gray), Notocyrtus dispersus Carvalho & Costa, and Notocyrtus foveatus Stål. We also describe and illustrate a mimetic complex comprising the three Notocyrtus species and Tetragona clavipes (Fabricius) (Apidae, Meliponini), that were collected on Bahuinia forficata Link (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae). We include biological comments on the plant-reduvid-bee interaction and hypothesize about the functionality of the mimetic complex described.

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