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Family Anthocoridae - Minute Pirate Bugs

Anthocorid on an April in the a.m. - Amphiareus obscuricepsXylocoris cursitansAnthocorid - Orius insidiosusSmall Bug - Orius insidiosusAnthocorids on sycamore - Coccivora californicaOrius tristicolor? - Orius tristicolorAnthocorid - Amphiareus obscuricepsXylocoris cursitans
Classification
KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumArthropoda (Arthropods)
SubphylumHexapoda (Hexapods)
ClassInsecta (Insects)
OrderHemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
SuborderHeteroptera (True Bugs)
InfraorderCimicomorpha
SuperfamilyCimicoidea
FamilyAnthocoridae (Minute Pirate Bugs)
Other Common Names
Flower Bugs(1)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
formerly treated to includeLasiochilidae andLyctocoridae (e.g., in(2))
Explanation of Names
Anthocoridae Fieber 1837
Numbers
~90 spp. in 22‒23 genera in our area(2), >500 spp. in >70 genera total
Overview of our fauna · classification adapted from(3)
Family Anthocoridae (subfamilies not currently used)
TribeScolopiniCalliodis ·Nidicola ·Scoloposcelis ·*Solenonotus [*not yet in the guide]
Identification
Key to genera in(4) • keys to spp. of Canada & AK in(5)
Range
worldwide; most diverse in the tropics and the Holarctic Region(1)
Habitat
many are common on flowers and trees, some live under bark or in mammal/bird nests(2)
Food
small arthropods
Remarks
Some are used as biocontrol agents. Some may inflict irritating bites if landed on one's bare skin.
Works Cited
1.Australian Faunal Directory
2.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
3.True Bugs of the World (Hemiptera:Heteroptera): Classification and Natural History
Randall T. Schuh & James Alexander Slater. 1995. 1995. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York.
4.Keys to genera of Anthocoridae of America north of Mexico, with descriptions of a new genus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera)
J.L. Herring. 1976. The Florida Entomologist, 59 (2): 143-150.
5.The Insects and Arachnids of Canada Part 4: The Anthocoridae of Canada and Alaska
Leonard A. Kelton. 1978. Supply and Services Canada.
Contributed byJim McClarin on 4 October, 2005 - 5:55pm
Additional contributions byBeatriz Moisset,Bbarnd,Ron M.,v belov
Last updated 6 June, 2024 - 12:17pm

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