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Spiny-Legged Bugs (Leptopodidae)
Family Leptopodidae - Spiny-Legged Bugs
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.
Contributed by
v belov
on 1 February, 2012 - 8:16pm
Last updated 9 October, 2023 - 3:02pm