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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Flat Bugs (Aradidae) » Mezirinae

Subfamily Mezirinae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
A flat bug - Mezira lobata - female Very flat bug. - Neuroctenus pseudonymus Neuroctenus simplex (Uhler) - Neuroctenus simplex Neuroctenus elongatus? - Neuroctenus elongatus Mezirinae? - Mezira subsetosa Neuroctenus sp. - Neuroctenus elongatus Flat Bug - Mezira pacifica flat bug - Mezira - female
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 Mezirinae
Explanation of Names
Mezirinae Oshanin 1908
Numbers
19 spp. in 5 genera in our area(1); globally, the most diverse aradid subfamily, with >1120 described spp. in 124 genera(2)
Range
worldwide, most diverse in the tropical regions of the Southern Hemisphere, with only a few taxa in the Holarctic(2); in our area more diverse towards the south, with just one sp. ranging into Canada(3)
Works Cited
1.Taylor S. (2002-2011) Aradidae (Flatbugs)
2.Australian Faunal Directory
3.Checklist of the Hemiptera of Canada and Alaska
Maw, H.E.L., R.G. Foottit, K.G.A. Hamilton and G.G.E. Scudder. 2000. NRC Research Press.
Contributed by v belov on 16 December, 2010 - 1:02pm
Last updated 7 March, 2015 - 10:14pm

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