MATERNAL-CARE IN PYGOPLATYS BUGS (HETEROPTERA, TESSARATOMIDAE)

Authors
GOGALA M YONG HS BRUHL C
Citation
M. Gogala et al., MATERNAL-CARE IN PYGOPLATYS BUGS (HETEROPTERA, TESSARATOMIDAE), European journal of entomology, 95(2), 1998, pp. 311-315
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
European journal of entomology → ACNP
ISSN journal
12105759
Volume
95
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
311 - 315
Database
ISI
SICI code
1210-5759(1998)95:2<311:MIPB(T>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Cases of maternal care and egg guarding were observed and photographed in bugs of the family Tessaratomidae. Females of one still undescribe d species of Pygoplatys from Doi Inthanon, Thailand, and of Pygoplatys acutus from Borneo are carrying their young larvae on the venter. The egg guarding was also observed in Pygoplatys acutus from Kepong, Peni nsular Malaysia. It seems, that maternal care is a characteristic beha vior in bugs of the genus Pygoplatys.