Species Aradus inornatus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

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

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Infraorder Pentatomomorpha

Family Aradidae (Flat Bugs)

Subfamily Aradinae

Genus Aradus

Species inornatus (Aradus inornatus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Aradus inornatus Uhler, 1876

Size

8-13 mm

Identification

Among those eastern species with the antennae thinner than the profemur and a serrate lateral pronotal margin, this species is diagnosed by the clavate (gradually enlarged from base to apex) second antennomere being greater than three times the length of the third.

Range

In our region, known from DC, GA, IL, MA, MB, MD, ME, MI, MO, NC, NE, NH, NJ, ON, PA, QC, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WI, and WV(1).

Works Cited

1.	Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.

Contributed by drswanny on 30 October, 2012 - 4:44pm

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