The Holoptilinae are a subfamily of Reduviidae (assassin bugs) known as feather-legged bugs or ant wolves. Several members of the subfamily specialize on ants. About 16 genera (one fossil) are known,[1] with about 80 species described. Species in the Holoptilini tribe possess a specialized organ called a trichome to attract ants.[2]

Holoptilinae
Ant wolf or feather-legged bug, genus Holoptilus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Reduviidae
Subfamily: Holoptilinae
Lepeletier and Serville, 1825
Tribes

Three tribes are included in the subfamily - Aradellini, Dasycnemini, and Holoptilini.[3]

Genera

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References

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  1. ^ Poinar, George O. "Praecoris dominicana gen. n., sp. n. (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Holoptilinae) from Dominican amber, with an interpretation of past behavior based on functional morphology". Insect Systematics & Evolution, Volume 22, Number 2, 1991 , pp. 193-199(7).
  2. ^ Weirauch and Cassis. Attracting ants: The trichome and novel glandular areas on the sternum of the Ptilocnemus lemur (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Holoptilinae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 114(1 & 2):28-37. 2006. doi:10.1664/0028-7199(2006)114[28:AATTAN2.0.CO;2]
  3. ^ Heteropteran Systematics Lab @ UCR. "Ant-luring feather-legged bugs: the Holoptilinae (with G. Cassis and M. Bulbert, University of NS Wales and Macquarie University)". Archived from the original on 2010-07-17. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  4. ^ Patrick E. Reavell. "The Assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) of South Africa". Department of Botany, University of Zululand. Archived from the original on 2012-02-23.