Glymmatophora
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| Glymmatophora | |
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| Glymmatophora species | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Reduviidae |
| Subfamily: | Ectrichodiinae |
| Genus: | Glymmatophora Stål, 1855 |
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Glymmatophora, the metallic assassin bugs, is a genus of assassin bugs belonging to the family Reduviidae.
These medium-sized bugs are brightly metallic red or orange and bluish black or dark brown colored, an aposematic coloration. The females are wingless and are similar to the nymphs.[1]
Members of this genus are known for hunting diplopods, giant African millipedes, by injecting them with a fast acting venom .[2] They usually hide under leaf litter and sometimes boulders and prey at night.[1]