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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)

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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