Raxa
| Raxa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Pyrrhocoridae |
| Genus: | Raxa Distant, 1919 |
Raxa is a genus of true bugs in the family Pyrrhocoridae. Unlike most pyrrhocorids, members of this genus are predatory, rather than herbivorous.[1]
Examples
[edit]Raxa nishidai is the specialist predator of Melamphaus faber, a seed-feeding pyrrhocorid bug.[2] R. nishidai is found in West Java, Indonesia.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Schaefer, Carl W. (1999-01-01). "Review of Raxa (Hemiptera: Pyrrhocoridae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 92 (1): 14–19. doi:10.1093/aesa/92.1.14. ISSN 1938-2901.
- ↑ Nishida, Takayoshi; Nakamura, Koji; Noerdjito, Woro A. (2001). "Population Dynamics of an Isolated Population of the Tropical Pyrrhocorid Bug, Melampbaus faber, Feeding on Seeds of Hydnocarpus Trees and the Specialist Predator, Raxa nishidai in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia". Tropics. 10 (3): 449–461. doi:10.3759/tropics.10.449.
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