Aenictopecheidae
Family of true bugs
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Aenictocoris powelli | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Superfamily: | Enicocephaloidea |
Family: | Aenictopecheidae Usinger, 1932 |
Aenictopecheidae is a rare family of insects occurring worldwide but containing only a few species, including a single American species, Boreostolus americanus. This species lives under large, flat stones and sandy substrates along mountain streams in Oregon, Washington, and Colorado. It is 5 mm long and occurs in both the macropterous and brachypterous condition. It is assumed to be predaceous.[1]
Genera
- Aenictocoris Woodward, 1956
- Aenictopechys Breddin, 1905
- Australostolus Stys, 1980
- Boreostolus Wygodzinsky & Stys, 1970
- †Cretocephalus Luo & Xie, 2022 (Cenomanian, Burmese Amber, Myanmar)[2]
- Gamostolus Bergroth, 1927
- Lomagostus Villiers, 1958
- Maoristolus Woodward, 1956
- Murphyanella Wygodzinsky & Stys, 1982
- Nymphocoris Woodward, 1956
- Timahocoris Wygodzinsky & Stys, 1982
- Tornocrusus Kritsky, 1977
Notes
- ^ Triplehorn, C. and Johnson, N.: "Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects, 7th Ed.", page 288. Brooks/Cole, 2005.
- ^ Luo, J.; Xie, Q. (2022). "A new Aenictopecheidae from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Insecta: Hemiptera)". Cretaceous Research. 138: Article 105270. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105270. S2CID 249581534.
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Extant Hemiptera families
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Subclass: Pterygota
- Infraclass: Neoptera
- Superorder: Paraneoptera
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