Species Amnestus pusillus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Life Cycle

Burrowing Bug - Amnestus pusillus - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Family Cydnidae (Burrowing Bugs)

Genus Amnestus

Species pusillus (Amnestus pusillus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Amnestus pusillus Uhler

Size

2 to 3 mm

Identification

Each juga with 4 pegs or spines (sometimes one with 5, but not both). Males have a long spine on the hind femur and females have a median glabrous area on the abdomen.

Range

Widespread in the United States and Canada. Also known from Mexico.

Life Cycle

Overwinters as adults.

Contributed by Brad Barnd on 28 June, 2007 - 9:49pm
Last updated 1 July, 2007 - 8:33pm

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