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Subfamily Chiloxanthinae

Shore Bug - Pentacora ligata 090212Bug1 - Pentacora signoreti unknown insect - Pentacora signoreti unknown insect - Pentacora signoreti lateral - Pentacora hirta Shore bug – family Saldidae? - Pentacora Pentacora sp. - Pentacora Pentacora sp. - 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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