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BothRhinocoris marginatus andCatamiarus brevipennis perform a sequential pattern of mating. The order of mating events is as follows—arousal—approach—preovulatory riding—embracing—extension of genitalia and connection achievement and postcopulatory acts such as grooming and ejection of spermatophore capsule by the female.
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Ambrose, D.P., Livingstone, D. Mating behaviour of two assassin bugs—Rhinocoris marginatus Fabr. (Harpactorinae) andCatamiarus brevipennis Serv. (Piratinae) (Heteroptera: Reduviidae). Proc Ani Sci 93, 505–510 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03186298
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