Arachnocoris Trinitatis
''Arachnocoris'' is a small genus of true bugs found in the Neotropics, including French Guyana and West Indies (André Lopez). It is often found living in the webs of the Pholcidae, pholcid spider ''Mesabolivar aurantiacus'' (Mello-Leitão, 1930).Sewlal & Starr 2008 It seems to prefer empty webs, possibly utilizing them as a ready-made prey-capture device, and possibly as a site for finding mates. Members of this genus are often found living in spider web, mostly those of the family Pholcidae. The body of ''Arachnocoris'' is adapted for life in spider webs, with white markings on dark ground, similar to the kleptoparasite, kleptoparasitic spider genus ''Argyrodes''. Species * ''Arachnocoris albomaculatus'' Scott, 1881 * ''Arachnocoris trinitatis'' Bergroth, 1914—Trinidad * ''Arachnocoris karukerae'' Lopez, 1990—French Antilles * ''Arachnocoris berytoides'' Thomas Say, Say Taxonomy John Scott described two new species in this genus in 1881, which was originally placed in ...
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John Scott (entomologist)
John Scott (21 September 1823 – 30 August 1888) was an English entomologist. He was born, and died, in Morpeth. His collection of specimens is held at the Natural History Museum, London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester .... References 1823 births 1888 deaths English entomologists People from Morpeth, Northumberland {{UK-entomologist-stub ...
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