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Genus Hoplinus

Acanthophysa echinata Uhler ?? - Hoplinus echinatus Acanthophysa echinata Uhler ?? - Hoplinus echinatus Acanthophysa echinata Uhler ?? - Hoplinus echinatus Acanthophysa echinata feeding - Hoplinus echinatus Is this a winged Acanthophysa echinata?? - Hoplinus echinatus Is this a Tipulidae, Crane fly - Hoplinus echinatus stilt bug - Hoplinus echinatus Stilt Bug - Hoplinus echinatus
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
Superfamily Lygaeoidea
Family Berytidae (Stilt Bugs)
Subfamily Gampsocorinae
Tribe Hoplinini
Genus Hoplinus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Acanthophysa Uhler 1893, Saurocoris McAtee 1919
Explanation of Names
Hoplinus Stål 1874
Numbers
a single species in our area, 6 spp. total(1)
Range
BC & w. US to Brazil(2)(1)
Works Cited
1.Review of the stilt bug genus Hoplinus, with the description of a new species and notes on other Hoplinini (Heteroptera: ...)
Henry T.J. 2002. J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 110: 182-191.
2.Checklist of the Hemiptera of Canada and Alaska
Maw, H.E.L., R.G. Foottit, K.G.A. Hamilton and G.G.E. Scudder. 2000. NRC Research Press.
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 14 March, 2008 - 4:00pm
Additional contributions by v belov, Harsi S. Parker
Last updated 25 December, 2013 - 4:17pm

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