Rhynocoris is a genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of assassin bug family (Reduviidae), in the subfamily Harpactorinae

Harpactorinae

Harpactorinae is a large subfamily of the reduviid . About 300 genera and 2000 species worldwide have been described. Some of the species of the genera Zelus, Pselliopus, Sinea and Apiomerus are of interest as natural enemies of crop pests.-partial list of genera:*Acholla Stål, 1862*Apiomerus...

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Species of this genus are noted for providing parental care of offspring. Parental care is unusual in subsocial insects, having only evolved six times in the Heteroptera

Heteroptera

Heteroptera is a group of about 40,000 species of insects in the Hemiptera. Sometimes called "true bugs", that name more commonly refers to Hemiptera as a whole, and "typical bugs" might be used as a more unequivocal alternative since among the Hemiptera the heteropterans are most consistently and...

. R. tristis for example, is well-known for guarding egg masses.

Life history

R. kumarii is known to prey upon the larvae of Euproctis fraterna (Moore)

Partial list of Species

• Rhynocoris albopilosus
• Rhynocoris albopunctatus
  Rhynocoris albopunctatus
  Rhynocoris albopunctatus is a species of assassin bug family , in the subfamily Harpactorinae. It is common in cotton plantations, especially near pastures where Stylosanthes gracilis is incorporated.-Life History:...
  
  Stål
• Rhynocoris iracundus
  Rhynocoris iracundus
  Rhynocoris iracundus is a species of assassin and thread-legged bugs belonging to the family Reduviidae, subfamily Harpactorinae.R. iracundus differs from R. erythropus for the sides of the abdomen yellow/orange and black instead of red and black. In general, the front lobe of pronotum of R....
  
  (Poda, 1761)
• Rhynocoris kumarii Ambrose and Livingstone
• Rhynocoris leucospilus (Stål, 1859)
• Rhynocoris marginatus (Fabricius)
• Rhynocoris rubricus
  Rhynocoris rubricus
  Rhynocoris rubricus is a species belonging to the family Reduviidae, subfamily Harpactorinae.The base of the scutellum is slightly longer or equal to its height, the front lobe of pronotum is red and femora have a narrow black band....
  
  (Germar, 1814)
• Rhynocoris tristis
  Rhynocoris tristis
  Rhynocoris tristis is a species of assassin bug family , in the subfamily Harpactorinae. R. tristis is a polyphagous predator found in sub-Saharan Africa.-Life History:...
  
  
• Rhynocoris ventralis (Say, 1832)