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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Flat Bugs (Aradidae) » Aradinae » Aradus

Genus Aradus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · Works Cited

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 Pentatomomorpha

Family Aradidae (Flat Bugs)

Subfamily Aradinae

Genus Aradus

Explanation of Names

Aradus Fabricius 1803

Numbers

84 spp. in our area(1), ~200 worldwide(2)

Size

3-7 mm

Identification

key to ~60 spp. in (3)

for hi-res habitus photos of several western spp. not yet in the guide see (4) (A. ampliatus Uhler, A. apicalis Van Duzee, A. linsleyi Usinger)

Range

worldwide(2), incl. most of NA

Habitat

under/on tree bark and on shelf fungi

Season

found under bark at various times of year

Food

fungi

Remarks

The Pine Flat Bug (A. cinnamomeus) is a significant pest of pine in e. Europe, but, contrary to older records, does not occur in NA; its American counterpart is A. kormilevi

Fire-seeking is done by infrared reception carried out by sensilla on the propleura.

Works Cited

1.	State records, confirmations, and habitats of Aradidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Louisiana, U.S.A. Taylor S.J., Gil S.A. 2009. Fla. Entomol. 92: 199-207.

2.	Australian Faunal Directory

3.	Essay on the American Species of Aradus (Hemiptera) Parshley H.M. 1921. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 47: 1-106.

4.	Seining watercourses, a new method for collecting flat bugs? (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Aradidae) Heiss E., Barr C. 2017. Linzer biol. Beitr. 49/1: 131-145.

Contributed by Cotinis on 27 December, 2004 - 5:05am
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 5 November, 2023 - 9:09pm

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