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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Aquatic Bugs (Nepomorpha) » Ochteroidea » Velvety Shore Bugs (Ochteridae) » Ochterus » Ochterus banksi

Species Ochterus banksi

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
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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 Nepomorpha (Aquatic Bugs)
Superfamily Ochteroidea
Family Ochteridae (Velvety Shore Bugs)
Genus Ochterus
Species banksi (Ochterus banksi)
Explanation of Names
Ochterus banksi Barber 1913
Identification
Note the smooth pronotal collar lacking teeth as well as the lobe near the inner side of the flattened part of the pronotum.
Range
e. US - Map (1)
Habitat
Found in a rocky drainage area with ample vegetation. - Valerie G. Bugh
found 4 of these bugs by splashing water on the muddy bank at the edge of a beaver pond. - Tom Murray
inhabitants of shore lines, where they may occur in the open or among grasses, etc. (2)
Life Cycle
predator
Remarks
apparently infrequently encountered (BG & GBIF data)
Print References
Bobb, M.L. 1951. Life history of Ochterus banksi Barber (Hemiptera: Ochteridae). Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. 46: 92-100.
Works Cited
1.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
2.Identification manual for the aquatic and semi-aquatic Heteroptera of Florida
Epler J.H. 2006. FL Dept. Env. Prot., Tallahassee, FL. 186 pp.
Contributed by v belov on 16 July, 2014 - 1:56pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 16 November, 2020 - 11:23am

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