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Family Rhyparochromidae - Seed Bugs
- Rhyparochromidae is newly (1997) separated
from Lygaeidae.
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- Ant-mimicking Seed Bug
 - Daerlac nigricans, family Rhyparochromidae, body length 10mm
- Yes, this is a true bug. Its body colour and behaviour is mimicking the
black ant. It was found wandering on a large gum tree trunk, where a lot of black ants
is running around. It did not have the waist, which is the characteristic of
all ants, but its body colour pattern mimics just exactly this. From our
reference books, ant-mimic bug could be lygaeids, alydids or mirids. From its
head and antenna it looks like a lygaeids,
Then we found that it is in this Rhyparochromidae family, which is very close
to Lygaeidae.
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- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 501.
- 2. Checklist
for Daerlac nigricans Distant, 1918 - Australian Faunal Directory, Australian Biological Resources Study.
- 3.
Family
RHYPAROCHROMIDAE - Australian Faunal Directory, Australian Biological Resources Study,
2002.
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