Carcinocorini
| Carcinocorini | |
|---|---|
| Carcinochelis alutaceus (male) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Reduviidae |
| Subfamily: | Phymatinae |
| Tribe: | Carcinocorini Handlirsch, 1897 |
Carcinocorini are a tribe of ambush bugs which are distinct in that they have a pincer-like modification (chelae) of the foreleg used to capture their prey. The name of the tribe is derived from the Greek karkinos for crab and coris for bug.[1]
It is one of the only 4 insect lineages that known to have evolved true chelae, alongside female wasps of the family Dryinidae, female thrips of the genus Carcinothrips, and the fossil waterbug genus Carcinonepa.[2]
Genera
BioLib includes:
- Carcinochelis Fieber, 1861
- Carcinocoris Handlirsch, 1897
- Chelocoris Bianchi, 1899
References
- ^ Weirauch, Christiane; Forero, Dimitri; Jacobs, Dawid H. (2011). "On the evolution of raptorial legs - an insect example (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Phymatinae)". Cladistics. 27 (2): 138–149. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2010.00325.x. PMID 34875772.
- ^ Haug, Carolin; Haug, Fenja I.; Hörnig, Marie K.; Braig, Florian; Haug, Joachim T. (2026-04-17). "A True Bug with a True but Unique Chela in 100 Million-Year-Old Amber". Insects. 17 (4): 431. doi:10.3390/insects17040431. ISSN 2075-4450. PMC 13116665. PMID 42042473.