reduviid

[ ri-doo-vee-id, -dyoo- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

reduviid

/ rɪˈdjuːvɪɪd /

any hemipterous bug of the family Reduviidae , which includes the assassin bugs and the wheel bug

1885–90; < New Latin Reduviidae, family name, equivalent to Reduvi ( a ) type genus ( Latin: hangnail) + -idae -id ²

C19: from New Latin Reduviidae , from Latin reduvia a hangnail

We have seen in our consideration of poisonous insects, that various species of Reduviid bugs readily attack man.

The disease is transmitted by the bites of several species of assassin-bugs, or Reduviid, notably by Conorhinus megistus.

Wasps (Polistes) placed in terraria were avoided, as were carabid beetles and reduviid bugs.

Predaceous reduviid bugs and fossors, with their prey, from the S. Paulo district of south-east Brazil.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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