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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Cimicomorpha » Cimicoidea » Minute Pirate Bugs (Anthocoridae) » Dufouriellini » Physopleurella

Genus Physopleurella

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Food · Works Cited
Minute Pirate Bug? - Physopleurella mundula Lasiochilus - Physopleurella mundula 022312Bug1 - Physopleurella mundula A bug on the back porch. - Physopleurella mundula Physopleurella mundula? - Physopleurella mundula Physopleurella mundula? - Physopleurella mundula Physopleurella mundula Heteroptera - Physopleurella mundula
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
Family Anthocoridae (Minute Pirate Bugs)
Tribe Dufouriellini
Genus Physopleurella
Explanation of Names
Physopleurella Reuter 1884
Numbers
A single (adventive) species in our area, 16 total(1)
Range
mostly Afrotropical & Australasian(2)
Habitat
usually associated with dead leaves
Food
Psocids inhabiting dead leaves may be preferred prey
Works Cited
1.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.
2.Australian Faunal Directory
Contributed by v belov on 24 February, 2012 - 1:24pm
Last updated 15 August, 2019 - 12:44pm

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