Conorhinus nigrovarius.
This species occurs in South America. It is one of the forms known as bichuque. Its bite makes a troublesome swelling.
Conorhinus protractus.
also attacks man in Utah.[369] It has been called the “big bed bug.”
Genus. Reduvius, etc.
Reduvius personatus, Linné.
Syn.: Reduvius personatus, Leconte, 1855.
European, but also found in the United States. The bite causes intense pain. It bites when caught or handled, but does not seem to do so voluntarily. Swelling and irritation result which may last a week, and may even cause death.[370] In 1899 it was very abundant at Washington and elsewhere; other species occurred, and so no definite opinion existed as to the actual biter, but some people took R. personatus actually biting. It was first described as a parasite of man in America by Walsh and Riley.[371]
A popular name for this bug is the wheel or masked bug—a black insect, three-fourths of an inch long. The larva of this bug is carnivorous and covers its body with dust so as to conceal itself from its prey. The adult is active on the wing.
Coriscus subcoleoptratus, Kirby, 1837.