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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Flat Bugs (Aradidae) » Mezirinae » Neuroctenus

Genus Neuroctenus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Winter bug - Neuroctenus Aradid.. - Neuroctenus simplex Neuroctenus elongatus? - Neuroctenus elongatus Beetle - Neuroctenus hopkinsi Flat bug? - Neuroctenus Flat bug? - Neuroctenus Neuroctenus Aradidae - Neuroctenus
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 Mezirinae
Genus Neuroctenus
Explanation of Names
Neuroctenus Fieber 1860
Numbers
6 spp. in our area(1), ~180 total(2)
Identification
key to spp. in Kormilev (1982)(3), one additional specied described subsequently (from TX) by Vásárhelyi (1994)
Range
cosmopolitan, mostly tropical(2)
Works Cited
1.Taylor S. (2002-2011) Aradidae (Flatbugs)
2.Australian Faunal Directory
3.Records and descriptions of North American and Oriental Aradidae (Hemiptera)
Kormilev N.A. 1982. Wasmann J. Biol. 40: 1-17.
Contributed by Stephen_WV on 20 May, 2005 - 6:26am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 30 May, 2023 - 8:25pm

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