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troglophiles usually found in guano. Amnestus pusio(Stal) was taken in caves in Oaxaca and Yucatan; A.subferrugineus (Westwood) has been found in caves inOaxaca and San Luis Potosi, and in "cave earth atCacao, Trece Aguas, Guatemala" (Froeschner, 1960).The most frequently encountered genus of cydnid inMexican caves isPangaeus. Pangaeus (pangaeus) aethiops(Fabricius) was found in caves in San Luis Potosiand Veracruz; P. (P.) docilis (Walker) has been foundin caves in Campeche, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, SanLuis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, and Yucatan; P.(P.) moestus (Stal) has been found only in ActunHuachap, Campeche; P. (p.) piceatus Stal is knownfrom caves in Chiapas, Oaxaca, San Luis Potosi, andYucatan. Tominotus unisetosus Froeschner has beenfound in caves in Guerrero and Yucatan.Family ReduviidaeThe family Reduviidae is frequently found in thevicinity of cave entrances. This family is of specialinterest since many members of it are capable oftransmitting Chagas disease. Several specimens of thesubfamily Reduviinae have been collected from thedry entrance area of caves in Coahuila, Nuevo Leon,and Durango. Opisthacidius mexicanus (pelaez) hasMEXICOGUATEMALA-'",--r,..-"/.//Fig. 74.-Distribution of troglophilic hemipterans of the family Cydnidae: 1, Pangaeus (Pangaeus) docilis; 2, P. (P.) dodlis,P. (P.) piceatus, and P. (P.) aethiops; 3, P. (P.) dodlis and P. (P.) piceatus; 4, P. (P.) dodlis; 5,P. (P.) piceatus; 6, P. (P.) dodlisand P. (P.) aethiops; 7, Tominotus unisetosus; 8, P. (P.) moestus.215