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Genus Physopleurella

Minute Pirate Bug? - Physopleurella mundula

A bug on the back porch. - Physopleurella mundula

Physopleurella mundula? - 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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