Biology:Glyptocombus

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Short description: Genus of true bugs

Glyptocombus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Schizopteridae
Genus: Glyptocombus
Heidemann, 1906
Species:
G. saltator
Binomial name
Glyptocombus saltator
Heidemann, 1906

Glyptocombus is a genus of jumping soil bugs in the family Schizopteridae.[1][2][3][4]

Glyptocombus was formerly considered a monotypic genus, but in 2018 Weirauch, et al., described three new species from the United States and Mexico.[5]

Species

These four species belong to the genus Glyptocombus;

  • Glyptocombus halberti Weirauch 2018[5]
  • Glyptocombus mexicanus Weirauch 2018
  • Glyptocombus saltator Heidemann, 1906
  • Glyptocombus suteri Weirauch 2018

References

Further reading

  • Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 1: Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha and Leptopodomorpha. The Netherlands Entomological Society. 1995. ISBN 978-90-71912-12-2. 

Wikidata ☰ Q18099506 entry