Genus Aneurus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Habitat · Food · Remarks · Works Cited

Flat Bug. Lived Up to Its Name. - Aneurus

Aneurus fiskei Heidemann - Aneurus fiskei

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

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

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Family Aradidae (Flat Bugs)

Genus Aneurus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Aneurus Curtis, 1825

Numbers

10 spp. in our area(1)

Identification

A key feature is the rounded scutellum. Pronotum short.

Like other Aradidae, these bugs lack the straight piercing/sucking mouthparts, and instead the mouthparts are "stored" inside the head in a coiled fashion.

Habitat

under bark

Food

fungi

Remarks

in NC, A. fiskei and A. simplex recorded from montane localities in May(2)

Works Cited

1.	Aradidae (Flatbugs), by Steve Taylor

2.	Insects of North Carolina By C.S. Brimley

Contributed by Stephen Cresswell on 2 April, 2006 - 5:34am
Additional contributions by cotinis, v belov
Last updated 10 April, 2011 - 6:19pm

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