Superfamily Cimicoidea

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Remarks · Works Cited

Anthocoridae, Minute Pirate BugX - Amphiareus obscuriceps

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 Cimicomorpha

Superfamily Cimicoidea

Numbers

6 families total, none particularly large (<700 spp. worldwide, of which >2/3 in the Anthocoridae), 5 families in our area; not yet in the guide: Polyctenidae, the highly specialized Bat Bugs (2 spp. in our area, ~30 worldwide)(1)

Identification

keys in(2); keys to Michigan spp. in(3)

Remarks

members of this group are readily spread via human agency -- see, e.g., (4)(5)

Works Cited

1.	Biodiversity of the Heteroptera Henry T.J. 2009. In: Foottit R.G., Adler P.H., eds. Insect biodiversity: Science and society. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell: 223−263.

2.	Keys to genera of Anthocoridae of America north of Mexico, with descriptions of a new genus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) J.L. Herring. 1976. The Florida Entomologist, 59 (2): 143-150.

3.	A synopsis of the Cimicoidea (Heteroptera) of Michigan Swanson D.R. 2016. Great Lakes Entomol. 49: 115-145.

4.	The non-indigenous Lyctocoridae and Anthocoridae (Hemiptera : Heteroptera : Cimicoidea) of America North of Mexico Lattin J.D. 2007. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 109: 366‒376.

5.	Interceptions of Anthocoridae, Lasiochilidae, and Lyctocoridae at the Miami Plant Inspection Station (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) Horton D.R., Lewis T.M., Dobbs T.T. 2013. Fla. Entomol. 96: 482-497.

Contributed by v belov on 10 December, 2011 - 3:28pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd
Last updated 17 August, 2019 - 4:31pm

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