Allied to the former; some say similar, but can be told by the shorter wings on the female. It occurs in the same localities as M. morio.
Phonergates bicoloripes.
This reduvid attacks man in Africa.
Family. Aradidæ.
Broad and very flat bugs, with antennæ of four segments and the beak of three; scutellum short, no cuneus to elytra and the tarsi of two segments. They normally live under the bark of trees, etc., and are found in most parts of the world.
Dysodius lunatus, Fabr. (Pito Bug).
A large species which is found in South America, frequenting houses, and bites very severely.
The Ochindundu.
The bug is described by Wellman (Journ. Trop. Med., April 2, 1906, p. 97) as not only feeding on ticks, such as Ornithodorus moubata, but as also attacking man. It is called by the Angola Bantus the ochindundu. It is black in colour; the first two pairs of legs are of a bright red hue. It has curious paddle-like structures on the front four legs, which seem to be designed for securely holding the ticks. It infects native kraals for the sake of preying on ticks. The natives also state that it inflicts a bite which far exceeds in painfulness that of the tick. They compare the bite with that of a poisonous snake.