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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Cimicomorpha » Miroidea » Plant Bugs (Miridae) » Mirinae » Herdoniini » Paraxenetus

Genus Paraxenetus

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Bug with really long hind legs. Any pointers for ID? - Paraxenetus guttulatus Paraxenetus guttulatus again - Paraxenetus guttulatus Ant (?) with very long antennae and unusual pattern - Paraxenetus guttulatus Bug - Paraxenetus guttulatus Species ID please - Paraxenetus guttulatus adult Paraxenetus - Paraxenetus guttulatus plant bug on locust - Paraxenetus guttulatus insect - Paraxenetus guttulatus
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 Cimicomorpha
Superfamily Miroidea
Family Miridae (Plant Bugs)
Subfamily Mirinae
Tribe Herdoniini
Genus Paraxenetus
Numbers
A single species in our area, 6 spp. worldwide(1)
Identification
ant mimics with slender bodies, slightly constricted near the middle
Range
so. US to the Neotropics(1)
Works Cited
1.Schuh, R.T. 2002-2013. On-line Systematic Catalog of Plant Bugs (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae).
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 7 November, 2008 - 8:21pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 21 December, 2010 - 2:37pm

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