assassin bug

English

White Eyed Assassin Bugs (Platymeris Biguttata - in Reduviinae)

assassin bug (plural assassin bugs)

Any true bug from the subfamily Reduviinae of the family Reduviidae, all of which eat other insects. They can inflict a very painful bite, but don't cause disease.
Any true bug from any of the subfamilies of the Reduviidae, including those in the subfamily Triatominae, which suck blood and may transmit Chagas' disease to humans.

bug

Spanish: chinche hocicona f (Mexico), chinche picuda f (El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala), chinchorro m (Ecuador), chipo m (Venezuela), chirimacha f (Peru), pito m (Colombia), vinchuca f (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay)

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