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Genus Paraxenetus

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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)