''Hotea'' is a genus of African and Asian shield-backed bugs belonging to the family
Scutelleridae.
Species
* ''
Hotea acuta
''Hotea'' is a genus of African and Asian shield-backed bugs belonging to the family Scutelleridae.
Species
* ''Hotea acuta'' Stål, 1865
* ''Hotea circumcincta'' Walker, 1867
* ''Hotea curculionoides'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1836)
* ''Hotea de ...
'' Stål, 1865
* ''
Hotea circumcincta
''Hotea'' is a genus of African and Asian shield-backed bugs belonging to the family Scutelleridae.
Species
* ''Hotea acuta'' Stål, 1865
* '' Hotea circumcincta'' Walker, 1867
* ''Hotea curculionoides'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1836)
* '' Hotea ...
'' Walker, 1867
* ''
Hotea curculionoides
''Hotea curculionoides'' is a species of shield-backed bugs belonging to the family Scutelleridae
Scutelleridae is a family of true bugs. They are commonly known as jewel bugs or metallic shield bugs due to their often brilliant coloration. ...
'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1836)
* ''
Hotea denticulata
''Hotea'' is a genus of African and Asian shield-backed bugs belonging to the family Scutelleridae.
Species
* ''Hotea acuta'' Stål, 1865
* ''Hotea circumcincta'' Walker, 1867
* ''Hotea curculionoides'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1836)
* '' Hotea d ...
'' Stål, 1865
* ''
Hotea gambiae
''Hotea'' is a genus of African and Asian shield-backed bugs belonging to the family Scutelleridae.
Species
* ''Hotea acuta'' Stål, 1865
* ''Hotea circumcincta'' Walker, 1867
* ''Hotea curculionoides'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1836)
* ''Hotea de ...
'' (Westwood, 1837)
* ''
Hotea nigrorufa
''Hotea'' is a genus of African and Asian shield-backed bugs belonging to the family Scutelleridae.
Species
* ''Hotea acuta'' Stål, 1865
* ''Hotea circumcincta'' Walker, 1867
* ''Hotea curculionoides'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1836)
* ''Hotea de ...
'' Walker, 1867
* ''
Hotea redtenbacheri
''Hotea'' is a genus of African and Asian shield-backed bugs belonging to the family Scutelleridae.
Species
* ''Hotea acuta'' Stål, 1865
* ''Hotea circumcincta'' Walker, 1867
* ''Hotea curculionoides'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1836)
* ''Hotea de ...
''
* ''
Hotea subfasciata'' (Westwood, 1837
Description
Male jewel bugs of the genus Hotea possess an unusually large, spiky, and heavily sclerotized genitalia. They are used in a mating practice known as
traumatic insemination, a result of evolutionary sexual conflict. Male Hotea bugs tear through the female reproductive ducts to deposit sperm, inflicting substantial damage to the female in the process.
[Göran Arnqvist & Locke Rowe (2005)]
Sexual conflict
Princeton University Press. p. 129. .
References
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Scutelleridae