. Entomology for medical officers. Insect pests; Insects as carriers of disease. ORDER RHYNCHOTA (HEMIPTERA): BUGS 209 India and is known to "bite" man, is Conorhinus rubrofas- ciatus, De Geer, which hardly differs from C. megistus, being of a dull dark-brown colour, with the markings on the pronotum, elytra, and connexivum dusky yellow, or brick-red. It has been suggested by Donovan that Conorhinus rubrofasciatus is interposed in the developmental cycle of the kila-azdr piroplasma. According to Distant this bug has a very wide range, being found in India and the whole Oriental Regio
. Entomology for medical officers. Insect pests; Insects as carriers of disease. ORDER RHYNCHOTA (HEMIPTERA): BUGS 209 India and is known to "bite" man, is Conorhinus rubrofas- ciatus, De Geer, which hardly differs from C. megistus, being of a dull dark-brown colour, with the markings on the pronotum, elytra, and connexivum dusky yellow, or brick-red. It has been suggested by Donovan that Conorhinus rubrofasciatus is interposed in the developmental cycle of the kila-azdr piroplasma. According to Distant this bug has a very wide range, being found in India and the whole Oriental Region. Among the Reduviidae known to attack man in Africa is Phonergates bicoloripes, which also has once been observed— the incident is recorded by Austen—to seize and feed upon an Ornithrodorus moubata—the tick that carries the spirillum of African relapsing fever. It is not known, however, whether this is a habit; and even if it be a habit the issue of it, so far as any possible benefit to man is concerned, may be considered doubtful. Some small species of Reduviidce have large transparent wings and rather resemble gnats; among them is one Asiatic species that attacks man. 4. Family Aradid^. The bugs of this family are broad and more than ordinary flat; the connexivum is very broad. Fig. 93.—" Pito " Bug ^DysocUus lunaius). and thin; the antenna consists of 4 segments, and the beak of 3; the scutellum is comparatively short, and the elytra have no cuneus; the legs are of the ordinary form, and the tarsi are composed of 2 segments. The Aradida are found in most parts of the world living under bark and lichen, etc. One large South American species, Dysodius lunatus, Fabr. (Fig. 93), known in the vernacular as the " Pito " bug, is said to frequent houses and to bite severely. Certain other plant O. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of thes
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