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Genus Aneurus

Aneurus? Perhaps A. minutus? - Aneurus minutus

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 Aneurinae

Genus Aneurus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

reviewed in (1)

Explanation of Names

Aneurus Curtis 1825

Numbers

9 spp. in our area(2), ~30 in the Western Hemisphere(1), ~100 total

Identification

A key feature is the rounded scutellum

Range

worldwide(3)

Habitat

under bark

Food

fungi

Works Cited

1.	A systematic review of the genus Aneurus of North and Middle America and the West Indies (Hemiptera: Aradidae) Picchi V.D. 1977. Quaesitiones Entomologicae 13: 255‒308.

2.	Taylor S. (2002-2011) Aradidae (Flatbugs)

3.	Australian Faunal Directory

Contributed by Stephen_WV on 2 April, 2006 - 5:34am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 22 March, 2024 - 7:55pm

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