Hairy attachment structures in Reduviidae (Cimicomorpha, Heteroptera), with observations on the fossula spongiosa in some other Cimicomorpha

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Volumn 246, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 155-175

  Weirauch, Christiane ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment structures; Morphology; Reduviidae; Systematics

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HAIR; INSECT; TAXONOMY;

ANTHOCORIDAE; CIMICIDAE; CIMICOMORPHA; HETEROPTERA; MICROPHYSIDAE; NABIDAE; PACHYNOMIDAE; REDUVIIDAE; REDUVIINAE; SAICINAE; THAUMASTOCORIDAE;

EID: 34848883638     PISSN: 00445231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Adis J. Eco-entomological observations from the Amazon. V. Feeding habits of Neotropical "bee killers" and "resin bugs" (Apiomerinae: Reduviidae: Hemiptera). Rev. Biol. Trop. 32 1 (1984) 151-153
2. Ambrose D.P. Assassin Bugs (1999), Science Publishers, Inc., USA, Enfield
3. Bérenger J.-M., and Pluot-Sigwalt D. Relations privilegiées de certain Heteroptera Reduviidae prédateurs avec les vegetaux. Premier cas connu d′un Harpactorinae phytophage. C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris Sci. de la vie 320 (1997) 1007-1012
4. Beutel R.G., and Gorb S.N. Ultrastructure of attachment specializations of hexapods (Arthropoda): evolutionary patterns inferred from a revised ordinal phylogeny. J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res. 39 (2001) 177-207
5. Betz O., and Kölsch G. The role of adhesion in prey capture and predator defence in arthropods. Arthropod Struct. Develop. 33 (2004) 3-30
6. Carayon J., and Villiers A. Étude sur les Hémiptères Pachynomidae. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. n.s. 4 (1968) 703-739
7. Carayon J., Usinger R.L., and Wygodzinsky P. Notes on the higher classification of the Reduviidae, with the description of a new tribe of the Phymatinae (Hemiptera, Heteroptera). Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 57 (1958) 255-281
8. Edwards J.S. Observations on the development and predatory habit of two reduviid Heteroptera, Rhinocoris carmelita Stål and Platymeris rhadamanthus Gerst. Proc. R. Entomol. Soc. London A 37 (1962) 89-98
9. Edwards J.S., and Tarkanian M. The adhesive pads of heteroptera: a re-examination. Proc. R. Entomol. Soc. London A 45 (1970) 1-5
10. Gillett J.D., and Wigglesworth V.B. The climbing organ of an insect, Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera; Reduviidae). Proc. R. Soc. London B 111 (1932) 364-376
11. Gorb S.N. The design of the fly adhesive pad: distal tenent setae are adapted to the delivery of an adhesive secretion. Proc. R. Soc. London B 265 (1998) 747-752
12. Haas F., and Gorb S. Evolution of locomotory attachment pads in the Dermaptera (Insecta). Arthropod Struct. Develop. 33 (2004) 45-66
13. Ishii S. Adhesion of a leaf feeding ladybird Epilachna vigintioctomaculata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) on a vertical surface. Appl. Entomol. Zool. 22 (1987) 222-228
14. Lent H., and Wygodzinsky P. Revision of the Triatominae (Hemiptera, Reduviidae), and their significance as vectors of Chagas' disease. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 163 (1979) 123-520
15. Livingstone D., and Ambrose D.P. Adaptive modifications of the Reduviidae of the scrub jungles and semiarid zones of the Palghat gap, India: an evolutionary approach. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 81 (1984) 583-595
16. Miller N.C.E. Function of the "fossula spongiosa" or spongy furrow in Reduviidae. Nature 141 (1938) 749-750
17. Miller N.C.E. On the structure of the legs in Reduviidae (Rhynchota). Proc. R. Entomol. Soc. London A 17 (1942) 49-58
18. Nachtigall W. Biological Mechanisms of Attachment (1974), Springer, Berlin
19. Pericart J. Hémiptères Anthocoridae, Cimicidae et Microphysidae de l'Ouest-Paléarctique. Faune de l'Europe et du Bassin Méditerranéen 7 (1972) 1-402
20. Pericart J. Hémiptères Nabidae d'Europe Occidentale et du Maghreb. Faune de France 71 i-xi (1987) 1-185
21. Readio P.A. Studies on the biology of the Reduviidae of America north of Mexico. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 17 (1927) 5-291
22. Richards A.G., and Richards P.A. The cuticular protuberances of insects. Int. J. Insect Morphol. Embryol. 8 (1979) 143-157
23. Roepeke W. Über "Harzwanzen" von Sumatra und Java. Misc. Zool. Sumatrana LXVIII (1932) 1-5
24. Schuh R.T., and Slater J.A. True Bugs of the World (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Classification and Natural History (1995), Cornell University Press, Ithaca
25. Schuh R.T., and Štys P. Phylogenetic analysis of cimicomorphan family relationships (Heteroptera). J. New York Entomol. Soc. 99 (1991) 298-350
26. Stork N.E. The structure and function of the adhesive organs on the antennae of male Harpocera thoracica (Fallen) (Miridae; Hemiptera). J. Nat. Hist. 15 (1981) 639-644
27. Usinger R.L. Monograph of Cimicidae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera). Thomas Say Foundation. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 7 i-xi (1966) 1-585
28. Villiers A. Faune de l′empire français. IX Hémiptères Réduviides de l′Afrique noire (1948), Edition du Muséum, Paris pp. 1-488
29. Walker G., Yule A.B., and Ratcliffe J. The adhesive organ of the blowfly, Calliphora vomitoria: a functional approach (Diptera: Calliphoridae). J. Zool. London A 205 (1985) 297-307
30. Weirauch C. Pretarsal structures in Reduviidae (Heteroptera, Insecta). Acta Zool. - Stockholm 86 (2005) 91-110
31. Wigglesworth V.B. Climbing organs in insects. Nature 141 (1938) 974-975
32. Wygodzinsky P. A monograph of the Emesinae (Reduviidae, Hemiptera). Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. 133 (1966) 1-614