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Family Leptopodidae - Spiny-Legged Bugs

Patapius spinosus Patapius spinosus Rock Bugs - Patapius spinosus Bark louse? - Patapius spinosus ID request - Patapius spinosus Patapius spinosus Patapius spinosus? - Patapius spinosus Spiny-legged Bug - Patapius spinosus
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 Leptopodidae (Spiny-Legged Bugs)
Explanation of Names
Leptopodidae Brullé 1836
Numbers
A single (adventive) species in our area(1), ~40 spp. in 10 genera total(2)
Range
worldwide(2); in our area, w. US to ID‒TX(1)(2)(Brothers 1979)
Habitat
most live along streams and other wet areas, but our species (the adventive Patapius spinosus) can be found far from water in semiarid conditions(2)
Works Cited
1.Alien true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in Canada: composition and adaptations
Scudder G.G.E., Foottit R.G. 2006. Can. Entomol. 138: 24-51.
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.