Bactrodinae Stål, 1866

Coscarón, Maria Del Carmen & Melo, Maria Cecilia, 2003, Revision of the subfamily Bactrodinae (Heteroptera, Reduviidae), with a phylogenetic analysis of Bactrodes, Zootaxa 304, pp. 1-15 : 3

Subfamily Bactrodinae Stål, 1866

Small and slender insects ( Fig. 1 ). Head transverse. Interocular sulcus weakly developed or obsolete. Antenna filiform, inserted laterally before eyes. First antennal segment longest. Trichobothria of antennal segment II placed 3–4 basally and 1 distally in the adult ( Wygodzinsky & Lodhi, 1989). Rostrum long, slender, moderately curved; segment II always longest. Eyes protruded, rounded in lateral view. Ocelli invariably present, inserted on wide separated protuberances. Prothorax projecting beneath head. Posterior lobe of pronotum longer than anterior. Scutellum and postscutellum triangular. Tibial spur conspicuous. Tarsi three­segmented, segment II longest. Hemelytra distinctly divided into chorion and membrane, membrane with one cell. Venation specialized. Hind wing with submarginal subcosta, no secondary veins, and with a narrow postcubital sector with Pcu and 1A veins, these almost straight and parallel ( Davis, 1969). Nymphs with 3 abdominal scent glands on anterior margin of terga 4–6. Median process of pygophore bifurcated. Vermiform gland and subrectal gland absent, pseudospermathecae well developed ( Davis, 1969)

Distribution: Neotropical region.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Bactrodes femoratus. General aspect. Scale line: 1 mm.