Special relationships of certain predatory Heteroptera Reduviidae with plants. First known case of a phytophagous Harpactorinae [Zelus araneiformis, Cecropia obtusa]

Observations made in French Guiana provide new data on the relationships of certain Harpactorinae with plants. These species show a striking appetite for sugars and many of them live on plants producing viscid or sticky substances. A species of Harpactorini, Zelus araneiformis Haviland, completes it...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences, Série III, Sciences de la vie Série III, Sciences de la vie, 1997-12, Vol.320 (12), p.1007-1012
Hauptverfasser:	Berenger, J.M. (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris (France). Laboratoire de Biologie et Evolution des Insectes), Pluot Sigwalt, D
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng ; fre
Schlagworte:	ADAPTACION ADAPTATION ARBOLES ARBRE BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT CECROPIA COMPORTEMENT ALIMENTAIRE DEPREDACION DESARROLLO BIOLOGICO DEVELOPPEMENT BIOLOGIQUE FEEDING HABITS FEUILLE FRENCH GUIANA GUAYANA FRANCESA GUYANE FRANCAISE HABITOS ALIMENTARIOS HOJAS HOST PARASITE RELATIONS INSECTE PHYLLOPHAGE INSECTOS DEPREDADORES DE LAS HOJAS LEAF EATING INSECTS LEAVES PREDATION REDUVIIDAE RELACIONES HUESPED PARASITO RELATION HOTE PARASITE SECRECION SECRETION TREES
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Zusammenfassung:	Observations made in French Guiana provide new data on the relationships of certain Harpactorinae with plants. These species show a striking appetite for sugars and many of them live on plants producing viscid or sticky substances. A species of Harpactorini, Zelus araneiformis Haviland, completes its postembryonic development on a myrmecophilous tree, Cecropia obtusa Aubl. (Cecropiaceae), while feeding on special glandular formations produced by this tree (Muellerian bodies and pearl bodies).
ISSN:	0764-4469
DOI:	10.1016/S0764-4469(97)82474-2