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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Unique-headed Bugs (Enicocephalomorpha)

Infraorder Enicocephalomorpha - Unique-headed Bugs

Classification · Other Common Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
tiny insect - Systelloderes biceps - male tiny insect - Systelloderes biceps Bug - Systelloderes Systelloderes? - Systelloderes Gnat bug from north central Texas Hymenocoris formicinus? - Hymenocoris - male Enicocephalidae Enicocephalidae
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 Enicocephalomorpha (Unique-headed Bugs)
Other Common Names
Gnat Bugs(1)
Numbers
2 families, with ~17 spp. in 7 genera in our area and ~430 described spp. in 65 genera worldwide; real global diversity much higher(2); analysis of world fauna in(3)
Size
our spp. <7 mm(4)
Identification
short, helate foretarsi armed with small spines; head divided by a constriction(1)
Range
predominantly tropical group
Remarks
the basalmost group, sister to the rest of the Heteroptera(1)
Works Cited
1.Evolution of the Insects
David Grimaldi and Michael S. Engel. 2005.
2.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.
3.Zoogeography of Enicocephalomorpha (Heteroptera)
Štys P. 2008. Bull. Insectol. 61: 137-138.
4.First record of the Enicocephalidae (Heteroptera) in Michigan and Ohio
Swanson D.R. 2015. Great Lakes Entomol. 48: 1-8.
Contributed by v belov on 10 December, 2011 - 11:29pm
Last updated 19 June, 2019 - 3:59pm

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