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Genus Micracanthia

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Bug ID Request - Micracanthia humilis Shore Bug - Micracanthia humilis Hemiptera - Micracanthia floridana Micracanthia humilis - male Micracanthia floridana Micracanthia from North Central Texas - Micracanthia Heteroptera - Micracanthia pumpila Micracanthia? - Micracanthia humilis - male

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 Leptopodomorpha
Family Saldidae (Shore Bugs)
Subfamily Saldinae
Tribe Saldoidini
Genus Micracanthia

Explanation of Names

Micracanthia Reuter 1912

Numbers

10 spp. in NA(1) + some in Eurasia

Range

widespread(1)

Habitat

lentic (marshy meadows)(1)

Works Cited

1.Aquatic Insects of North America
R. W. Merritt, K. W. Cummins, M.B. Berg. 2008. Kendall/Hunt.
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 10 December, 2008 - 1:01pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 24 October, 2012 - 7:49pm

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