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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Leptopodomorpha » Shore Bugs (Saldidae) » Chiloxanthinae

Subfamily Chiloxanthinae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Shore Bug - Pentacora ligata Another Pentacora ligata? - Pentacora ligata 090212Bug1 - Pentacora signoreti Which Shore Bug is this? - Pentacora signoreti Flies - Pentacora ligata Pentacora ligata Black Seed bug? - Pentacora ligata Shore bug – family Saldidae? - Pentacora
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 Chiloxanthinae
Explanation of Names
Chiloxanthinae Cobben 1959
Numbers
7 spp. in 2 genera in our area(1), 4 genera worldwide(2)
Identification
long embolar fracture and five membrane cells(2)
Range
New World, Eurasia, Australasia(2); widespread in our area
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.Australian Faunal Directory
Contributed by v belov on 14 April, 2011 - 8:24am
Last updated 9 October, 2023 - 3:06pm

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