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Family Cydnidae - Burrowing Bugs

Classification · Numbers · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References
Habitat - Sehirus cinctus what type of beetle - Sehirus cinctus Black bug - Sehirus cinctus Very small red & black bug - Sehirus cinctus White-margined Burrower Bug - Sehirus cinctus Burrowing Bug - Amnestus pusillus White-margined Burrower Bug - Sehirus cinctus Scutelleroidea - Amnestus
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)
Numbers
43 species in 13 genera in North America (nearctica.com)
Food
family Cydnidae - roots of various plants; genus Sehirus - seeds of mint family
Life Cycle
overwinters as adult beneath leaf litter
Internet References
pinned adult image of Sehirus cinctus, a common and widespread species (Insects of Cedar Creek, Minnesota)
key to Florida species:
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 11 September, 2004 - 12:00pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Boris Bueche
Last updated 3 May, 2007 - 3:50am

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