''Rhynocoris'' (historically often misspelled as "''Rhinocoris''") is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
assassin bug
The Reduviidae are a large cosmopolitan family of the order Hemiptera (true bugs). Among the Hemiptera and together with the Nabidae almost all species are terrestrial ambush predators: most other predatory Hemiptera are aquatic. The main exa ...
, family (Reduviidae), in the subfamily
Harpactorinae
The Harpactorinae are a large subfamily of the Reduviidae (assassin bugs). About 300 genera and 2,000 species worldwide have been described. Some of the species of the genera ''Zelus'', ''Pselliopus'', ''Sinea'', and ''Apiomerus'' are of interes ...
. Species are recorded from Asia, mainland Europe, Africa and North America.
Life history
Species of this genus are noted for providing parental care of offspring.
Parental care
Parental care is a behavioural and evolutionary strategy adopted by some animals, involving a parental investment being made to the evolutionary fitness of offspring. Patterns of parental care are widespread and highly diverse across the animal k ...
is unusual in subsocial insects, having only evolved six times in the
Heteroptera. ''R. tristis'' for example, is well known for guarding egg masses.
''Rhynocoris kumarii'' is known to prey upon the larvae of ''
Euproctis fraterna
''Euproctis fraterna'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1883. It is found in the Maldives, India, Sri Lanka and the Seychelles.
Description
The adult is yellowish with pale transverse lines and black spot ...
'' (Moore).
Species
''BioLib''
[BioLib.cz Taxon profile: genus ''Rhynocoris'' Hahn, 1833 (retrieved 13 May 2020)]
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* '' Rhynocoris abeillei'' (Puton, 1881)
* '' Rhynocoris abramovi'' (Oshanin, 1870)
* '' Rhynocoris albopilosus'' (Signoret, 1858)
* '' Rhynocoris albopunctatus'' (Stål, 1855)
* '' Rhynocoris amazulu'' Kirkaldy, 1859
* '' Rhynocoris analis'' (Jakovlev, 1889)
* ''Rhynocoris annulatus
''Rhynocoris'' (historically often misspelled as "''Rhinocoris''") is a genus of assassin bug, family (Reduviidae), in the subfamily Harpactorinae. Species are recorded from Asia, mainland Europe, Africa and North America.
Life history
Species ...
'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
* '' Rhynocoris aulicus'' (Stål, 1866)
* ''Rhynocoris barakensis
''Rhynocoris'' (historically often misspelled as "''Rhinocoris''") is a genus of assassin bug, family (Reduviidae), in the subfamily Harpactorinae. Species are recorded from Asia, mainland Europe, Africa and North America.
Life history
Species ...
'' Schouteden, 1929
* '' Rhynocoris bayoni'' (Jeannel, 1916)
* '' Rhynocoris beaumonti'' Villiers, 1966
* '' Rhynocoris bellicosus'' (Stål, 1858)
* '' Rhynocoris bequaerti'' Schouteden, 1913
* '' Rhynocoris bequaertianus'' Schouteden, 1929
* '' Rhynocoris bicolor'' (Fabricius, 1781)
* ''Rhynocoris bipustulatus
''Rhynocoris'' (historically often misspelled as "''Rhinocoris''") is a genus of assassin bug, family (Reduviidae), in the subfamily Harpactorinae. Species are recorded from Asia, mainland Europe, Africa and North America.
Life history
Species ...
'' (Fieber, 1861)
* ''Rhynocoris bituberculatus
''Rhynocoris'' (historically often misspelled as "''Rhinocoris''") is a genus of assassin bug, family (Reduviidae), in the subfamily Harpactorinae. Species are recorded from Asia, mainland Europe, Africa and North America.
Life history
Species ...
'' (Stål, 1858)
* ''Rhynocoris brincki
''Rhynocoris'' (historically often misspelled as "''Rhinocoris''") is a genus of assassin bug, family (Reduviidae), in the subfamily Harpactorinae. Species are recorded from Asia, mainland Europe, Africa and North America.
Life history
Species ...
'' Miller, 1956
* ''Rhynocoris calviventris
''Rhynocoris'' (historically often misspelled as "''Rhinocoris''") is a genus of assassin bug, family (Reduviidae), in the subfamily Harpactorinae. Species are recorded from Asia, mainland Europe, Africa and North America.
Life history
Species ...
'' (Germar, 1837)
* ''Rhynocoris cardinalis
''Rhynocoris'' (historically often misspelled as "''Rhinocoris''") is a genus of assassin bug, family (Reduviidae), in the subfamily Harpactorinae. Species are recorded from Asia, mainland Europe, Africa and North America.
Life history
Species ...
'' Miller, 1950
* ''Rhynocoris carmelita
''Rhynocoris'' (historically often misspelled as "''Rhinocoris''") is a genus of assassin bug, family (Reduviidae), in the subfamily Harpactorinae. Species are recorded from Asia, mainland Europe, Africa and North America.
Life history
Species ...
'' (Stål, 1859)
* ''Rhynocoris carvalhoi
''Rhynocoris'' (historically often misspelled as "''Rhinocoris''") is a genus of assassin bug, family (Reduviidae), in the subfamily Harpactorinae. Species are recorded from Asia, mainland Europe, Africa and North America.
Life history
Species ...
'' Villiers, 1958
* '' Rhynocoris castanescens'' (Jeannel, 1916)
* '' Rhynocoris christophi'' (Jakovlev, 1877)
* '' Rhynocoris cinctorius'' (Stål, 1865)
* '' Rhynocoris coiffaiti'' Villiers, 1967
* '' Rhynocoris congolensis'' Schouteden, 1932
* '' Rhynocoris costalis'' (Stal, 1867)
* '' Rhynocoris cruralis'' Bergroth, 1915
* '' Rhynocoris cuspidatus'' Ribaut, 1921
* '' Rhynocoris dasynotum'' Miller, 1950
* '' Rhynocoris dauricus'' Kiritshenko, 1926
* '' Rhynocoris decoratus'' Schouteden, 1929
* '' Rhynocoris discoidalis'' (Reuter, 1881)
* '' Rhynocoris donisi'' Villiers, 1973
* '' Rhynocoris dudae'' (Horváth, 1892)
* '' Rhynocoris dusmeti'' (Varela, 1905)
* '' Rhynocoris erythrocnemis'' (Germar, 1837)
* '' Rhynocoris erythropus'' (Linnaeus, 1767)
* '' Rhynocoris fasciculatus'' (Bergroth, 1895)
* '' Rhynocoris fimbriatus'' Miller, 1948
* '' Rhynocoris flavolimbatus'' (Jakovlev, 1889)
* '' Rhynocoris fuscipes'' (Fabricius, 1787)
* '' Rhynocoris ghesquierei'' Schouteden, 1929
* '' Rhynocoris gilviventris'' Bergroth, 1894
* '' Rhynocoris harmonia'' Linnavuori, 1989
* '' Rhynocoris hierapolitanus'' Dispons, 1964
* '' Rhynocoris horridus'' (de Carlini, 1895)
* '' Rhynocoris hovanus'' Kirkaldy, 1881
* '' Rhynocoris hutsebauti'' Schouteden, 1932
* '' Rhynocoris ibericus'' Kolenati, 1857
* '' Rhynocoris illotus'' Miller, 1941
* '' Rhynocoris imperialis'' (Stål, 1859)
* '' Rhynocoris incertis'' (Distant, 1903)
* ''Rhynocoris iracundus
''Rhynocoris iracundus'' is an assassin and thread-legged bug belonging to the family Reduviidae, subfamily Harpactorinae. The species was first described by Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus in 1761.
''Rhynocoris iracundus'' differs in colour from ' ...
'' (Poda, 1761)
* '' Rhynocoris jeanneli'' Schouteden, 1932
* '' Rhynocoris kapangae'' Schouteden, 1952
* '' Rhynocoris kavirondo'' Jeannel, 1916
* '' Rhynocoris kedahensis'' Miller, 1941
* '' Rhynocoris kervillei'' Horváth, 1911
* '' Rhynocoris kiritshenkoi'' Popov, 1964
* '' Rhynocoris kumarii'' Ambrose & Livingstone, 1986
* '' Rhynocoris lapidicola'' Samuel & Joseph, 1953
* '' Rhynocoris leucospilus'' (Stål, 1859)
* '' Rhynocoris lineaticornis'' (Reuter, 1895)
* '' Rhynocoris linnavuorii'' Villiers, 1969
* '' Rhynocoris longifrons'' (Stål, 1874)
* '' Rhynocoris lotellus'' Miller, 1956
* '' Rhynocoris lotus'' Miller, 1956
* '' Rhynocoris mabirae'' Miller, 1954
* '' Rhynocoris machadoi'' Villiers, 1952
* '' Rhynocoris maeandrus'' Distant, 1909
* ''Rhynocoris marginatus
''Rhynocoris marginatus'' is a species of assassin bug in the family Reduviidae. It is a predator of other insects and is found in Asia. Crops in India on which it has been found feeding on pests include sugarcane, pigeon pea, cardamom, cotton, ...
'' (Fabricius, 1794)
* '' Rhynocoris marginellus'' (Fabricius, 1803)
* '' Rhynocoris maynei'' Schouteden, 1929
* '' Rhynocoris mendicus'' (Stal, 1867)
* '' Rhynocoris milvus'' Miller, 1948
* '' Rhynocoris mirachur'' Kiritschenko, 1913
* '' Rhynocoris modestus'' Schouteden, 1944
* '' Rhynocoris monachus'' Miller, 1941
* '' Rhynocoris monticola'' (Oshanin, 1870)
* '' Rhynocoris murati'' Villiers, 1948
* '' Rhynocoris neavei'' Bergroth, 1912
* '' Rhynocoris nebulosus'' Miller, 1950
* '' Rhynocoris nemoralis'' Miller, 1950
* '' Rhynocoris niasensis'' Miller, 1941
* '' Rhynocoris niger'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1842)
* '' Rhynocoris nigronitens'' (Reuter, 1881)
* '' Rhynocoris nilgiriensis'' Distant, 1903
* '' Rhynocoris nitidulus'' (Fabricius, 1781)
* '' Rhynocoris nysiiphagus'' Samuel & Joseph, 1953
* '' Rhynocoris obtusus'' (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805)
* '' Rhynocoris ocreatus'' Dispons, 1964
* '' Rhynocoris oculata'' Benedek, 1969
* '' Rhynocoris odziensis'' Miller, 1950
* '' Rhynocoris otjimbumbensis'' Hesse, 1925
* '' Rhynocoris overlaeti'' Schouteden, 1929
* '' Rhynocoris parthiae'' China & Miller, 1950
* '' Rhynocoris persicus'' (Jakovlev, 1877)
* '' Rhynocoris pilipectus'' Hesse, 1925
* '' Rhynocoris pseudolatro'' Villiers, 1964
* '' Rhynocoris pulvisculatus'' (Distant, 1892)
* '' Rhynocoris pumilus'' (Jakovlev, 1877)
* '' Rhynocoris punctiventris'' (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1848)
* '' Rhynocoris pygmaeus'' (Distant, 1903)
* '' Rhynocoris rapax'' (Stål, 1855)
* '' Rhynocoris rathjensi'' Miller, 1954
* '' Rhynocoris reuteri'' (Distant, 1879)
* '' Rhynocoris rubricoxa'' (Bergroth, 1890)
* '' Rhynocoris rubricus'' (Germar, 1814)
* '' Rhynocoris rubrizonatus'' Miller, 1954
* '' Rhynocoris rubrogularis'' (Horváth, 1879)
* '' Rhynocoris rudebecki'' Miller, 1956
* '' Rhynocoris rufigenu'' (Fallou, 1891)
* '' Rhynocoris rufipes'' (Bolivar, 1879)
* '' Rhynocoris rufus'' (Thunberg, 1822)
* '' Rhynocoris saevus'' (Stål, 1865)
* '' Rhynocoris schoutedeni'' Villiers, 1948
* '' Rhynocoris segmentarius'' (Germar, 1837)
* '' Rhynocoris sericans'' (Reuter, 1881)
* '' Rhynocoris seyidiensis'' (Jeannel, 1916)
* '' Rhynocoris sordidulus'' (Oshanin, 1870)
* '' Rhynocoris squalus'' Distant, 1904
* '' Rhynocoris squamulosus'' Villiers, 1948
* '' Rhynocoris suspectus'' Schouteden, 1910
* '' Rhynocoris tavetanus'' (Jeannel, 1916)
* '' Rhynocoris transitus'' Hoberlandt, 1951
* '' Rhynocoris tristicolor'' (Reuter, 1881)
* ''Rhynocoris tristis
''Rhynocoris tristis'' is a species of assassin bug family (Reduviidae), in the subfamily Harpactorinae. ''R. tristis'' is a polyphagous predator found in sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa is, geographically, the area and regions of t ...
'' (Stål, 1855)
* '' Rhynocoris trochantericus'' (Reuter, 1877)
* '' Rhynocoris tropicus'' (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1848)
* '' Rhynocoris vandenplasi'' Schouteden, 1932
* '' Rhynocoris varians'' (Paiva, 1918)
* '' Rhynocoris ventralis'' (Say, 1832)
* '' Rhynocoris venustus'' (Stål, 1855)
* '' Rhynocoris vicinus'' (Schouteden, 1910)
* '' Rhynocoris violentus'' (Germar, 1837)
* '' Rhynocoris vittiventris'' (Stål, 1859)
* '' Rhynocoris vulneratus'' (Germar, 1837)
* '' Rhynocoris vumbaensis'' Miller, 1950
* '' Rhynocoris witteanus'' Schouteden, 1944
* '' Rhynocoris wittei'' Schouteden, 1929
* '' Rhynocoris xosanus'' (Kirkaldy, 1909)
* '' Rhynocoris yambuyae'' (Distant, 1890)
* '' Rhynocoris zonogaster'' (de Carlini, 1895)
Gallery
File:Rhynocoris.annulatus4.-.lindsey.jpg, ''Rhynocoris annulatus''
File:Rhynocoris cuspidatus.jpg, ''Rhynocoris cuspidatus''
File:Rhynocoris erythropus01.jpg, ''Rhynocoris erythropus''
File:Reduviidae - Rhynocoris iracundus.jpg, ''Rhynocoris iracundus''
File:Predatory bug.JPG, ''Rhynocoris punctiventris''
File:Reduviidae - Rhynocoris rubricus-1.JPG, ''Rhynocoris rubricus''
References
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