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Genus Brachyrhynchus

Mezira lobata? - Brachyrhynchus membranaceus - female Brachyrhynchus membranaceus Brachyrhynchus membranaceus Brachyrhynchus membranaceus Brachyrhynchus? - Brachyrhynchus membranaceus Brachyrhynchus? - Brachyrhynchus membranaceus 11.5 mm flat bug - Brachyrhynchus membranaceus 11.5 mm flat bug - Brachyrhynchus membranaceus
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 Brachyrhynchus
Explanation of Names
Brachyrhynchus Laporte de Castelnau 1833
Numbers
a single (adventive) species in our area(1), 45 spp. total(2)
Range
Old World, mostly tropical; in our area, FL(1)
Works Cited
1.New Florida and United States Heteropteran records (Hemiptera: Aradidae, Coreidae, Miridae)
Henry T.J., White C.E., Halbert S.E. 2021. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 123: 538-550.
2.Brachyrhynchus membranaceus (Fabricius), an Old World flat bug (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae: Mezirinae) newly discovered...
Henry, T. J., D. E. Perez-Gelabert, W. E. Steiner, Jr., and E. Heiss. 2013. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington.