Biology:Brachysteles

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Brachysteles
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Anthocoridae
Tribe: Cardiastethini
Genus: Brachysteles
Mulsant & Rey, 1852

Brachysteles is a genus of minute pirate bugs in the family Lyctocoridae. There are at least three described species in Brachysteles.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These three species belong to the genus Brachysteles:

  • Brachysteles espagnoli Ribes, 1984 g
  • Brachysteles parvicornis (Costa, 1847) i c g b
  • Brachysteles wollastoni Buchanan White, 1879 g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

Further reading

  • Lattin, John D. (1993). "Brachysteles parvicornus (Costa), an Anthocoridae new to Canada (Hemiptera: Heteroptera)". The Canadian Entomologist 125 (5): 965–966. doi:10.4039/Ent125965-5. 
  • Péricart, J.; Golub, V. B. (1996). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 2: Cimicomorpha I. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-90-71912-15-3. 
  • Schuh, Randall T.; Weirauch, Christiane; Wheeler, Ward C. (2009). "Phylogenetic relationships within the Cimicomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): a total-evidence analysis". Systematic Entomology 34 (1): 15–48. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00436.x. 

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