Biology:Aenictopecheidae

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Short description: Family of true bugs

Aenictopecheidae
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Aenictocoris powelli
Scientific classification e
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

  1. Triplehorn, C. and Johnson, N.: "Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects, 7th Ed.", page 288. Brooks/Cole, 2005.
  2. 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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1607044 entry