Notocyrtus Burmeister, 1835

Gil-Santana, Hélcio R., 2008, New records, and nomenclatural and biological notes on Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Bolivia and Brazil, Zootaxa 1785, pp. 43-53 : 44-47

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.182460

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6234843

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Notocyrtus Burmeister, 1835
status

 

Notocyrtus Burmeister, 1835 View in CoL

The genus Notocyrtus was recently revised by Carvalho & Costa (1992, 1993) and has 23 valid species (Costa & Gil-Santana 2001; Gil-Santana & Costa 2001).

Notocyrtus spp. have been recognized as mimetic to meliponine bees. The mimicry is enhanced mainly by the angular inflated pronotum ( Haviland 1931; Jackson 1973). Nevertheless, only a single mimetic pair was specifically indicated: Trigona fulviventris Guérin, 1835 View in CoL as a model of Notocyrtus dorsalis (Gray, 1832) (Jackson 1973) . The function of the mimicry, whether aggressive or defensive, is unknown, whereas the feeding habits already observed included sipping nectar or honey-dew from Homoptera colonies ( Haviland 1931; Jackson 1973).

Original observations made with two females of Notocyrtus fungosus Stål, 1859 at Nova Friburgo (22º 16’ S; 42º 34’ W, 1090 m. a. s. l.), Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, demonstrated that they were not interested in Meliponini View in CoL bees, but actively fed on Nematocera Diptera View in CoL offered to them ( Figs. 10–11 View FIGURES 10 – 13 ).

There is no published description of the immature forms of Notocyrtus spp. A last instar of N. fungosus showed that the pronotum only become inflated in adult of this species a few hours after ecdysis ( Figs.12–13 View FIGURES 10 – 13 ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Reduviidae

SubFamily

Harpactorinae

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Reduviidae

SubFamily

Harpactorinae

Loc

Notocyrtus Burmeister, 1835

Gil-Santana, Hélcio R. 2008
2008
Loc

Notocyrtus dorsalis

(Gray, 1832) (Jackson 1973
1973
Loc

Notocyrtus fungosus Stål, 1859

Stal 1859
1859
Loc

Trigona fulviventris Guérin, 1835

Guerin 1835
1835
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