Parastrachia japonensis
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| Parastrachia japonensis | |
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| Maternal vibration - an important cue for embryo hatching | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Parastrachiidae |
| Genus: | Parastrachia |
| Species: | P. japonensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Parastrachia japonensis (Scott, 1880) | |
Parastrachia japonensis is a species of true bug belonging to the family Parastrachiidae. It is one of the two species in the genus, both from Eastern Asia.[1] Known colloquially as the Japanese Red Bug, it is one of the few species of insect where mothers care for their young, gathering food for them.[2] They exclusively feed on the drupes of the tree Schoepfia jasinodora.[2]
Caenorhabditis japonica is a species of nematodes found in the wild non-parasitically associated with P. japonensis.[3]
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