Eating with the enemy? Mimic complex between a stingless bee and assassin bugs

AUTOR(ES)

Alvarez, Leopoldo Jesús

FONTE

Pap. Avulsos Zool.

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

13/06/2019

RESUMO

Abstract In this study, we record for the first time the genus Notocyrtus (Heteroptera, Reduviidae) from Argentina based on three species: Notocyrtus dorsalis (Gray), Notocyrtus dispersus Carvalho & Costa, and Notocyrtus foveatus Stål. We also describe and illustrate a mimetic complex comprising the three Notocyrtus species and Tetragona clavipes (Fabricius) (Apidae, Meliponini), that were collected on Bahuinia forficata Link (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae). We include biological comments on the plant-reduvid-bee interaction and hypothesize about the functionality of the mimetic complex described.

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