Reduviidae

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Reduviidae - assassin bugsfamily Reduviidaearthropod family - any of the arthropodsHeteroptera, suborder Heteroptera - true bugsassassin bug, reduviid - a true bug: long-legged predacious bug living mostly on other insects; a few suck blood of mammalsgenus Triatoma, Triatoma - conenosesArilus, genus Arilus - a genus of Reduviidae

Reduviidae

[‚rej·ə′vī·ə‚dē] (invertebrate zoology) The single family of the hemipteran group Reduvioidea; nearly all have a stridulatory furrow on the prosternum, ocelli are generally present, and the beak is three-segmented.

Reduviidae

(assassin bugs), a family of insects of the order Hemiptera. The large and, less commonly, small insects have a short, thick proboscis. Despite their relatively long legs, assassin bugs move slowly. There are about 3,000 species, distributed in Europe, Africa, and North America. The USSR has about 90 species. The insects live in trees and shrubs, in the grass, on the ground, under rocks, and in the burrows of various mammals and birds. They also are found in houses and other man-made structures. Assassin bugs feed on various insects, killing them with a prick of the proboscis and then sucking the blood and soft tissues. Common inhabitants of human dwellings and other man-made structures are Ploearia domestica, which resembles a spider, and Reduvins personatus, a dark brown insect 16–19 mm long. These two insects prey upon flies and other household pests.

REFERENCE

Zhizn’ zhivotnykh, vol. 3. Moscow, 1969.

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Red·u·vi·i·dae

(rē'dū-vī'i-dē), A family (order Hemiptera) of predatory insects, the assassin bugs, which attack animals and humans. It includes the subfamily Triatominae, the kissing or cone-nosed bugs, the type genus of which Triatoma includes species that are vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi.

Red·u·vi·i·dae

(rē'dū-vī'i-dē) A family of predatory insects, the assassin bugs; it includes the subfamily Triatominae, the kissing or cone-nosed bugs; the type genus Triatoma includes species that are vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi.

Reduviidae

(rej″ŭ-vī′ĭ-dē) [ Reduvia, the name of the type genus + -idae] A family of the order Hemiptera, including the assassin bugs and the kissing bug.

Reduviidae

A family of hemipterous insects that includes the bugs, known as assassin, kissing or cone-nosed bugs, that transmit Trypanosoma cruzi , the cause of CHAGAS' DISEASE.

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noun assassin bugs

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