Species Nisoscolopocerus apiculatus

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · See Also · Internet References

Leaffooted Bug (Coreidae) - Nisoscolopocerus apiculatus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

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

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Superfamily Coreoidea

Family Coreidae (Leaf-footed Bugs)

Subfamily Coreinae

Tribe Coreini

Genus Nisoscolopocerus

Species apiculatus (Nisoscolopocerus apiculatus)

Numbers

the only species in this genus in North America listed at nearctica.com

Size

body length about 10 mm, based on BugGuide image here

Identification

body mottled gray, pear-shaped (abdomen expanded, head and thorax narrow); wings short in adult, barely covering anterior portion of abdomen; antennae apparently 3-segmented, bent laterally almost 90 degrees after first segment; terminal segment spindle-shaped

Range

Internet records from Minnesota, North Dakota, Colorado

Habitat

on the ground in dry fields and savannahs

See Also

some Flat Bugs (family Aradidae) have similar body shape but very different antennae

Internet References

live and pinned images and habitat (Insects of Cedar Creek, Minnesota)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 22 September, 2007 - 10:56pm

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