| Curalium | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Infraorder: | Cimicomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cimicoidea |
| Family: | Curaliidae Schuh, Weirauch & Henry, 2008 |
| Genus: | Curalium Schuh, Weirauch & Henry, 2008 |
| Species: | C. cronini |
| Binomial name | |
| Curalium cronini Schuh, Weirauch & Henry, 2008 | |
Curalium is a genus oftrue bug that is the sole member of theinsect familyCuraliidae.Curalium contains a single species,Curalium cronini.[1]
Specimens ofCuralium cronini have been found in northern Florida and Louisiana, in the southeast United States, from 1997 to 2007. Its physical and genetic characteristics are sufficiently different from related species to merit its placement into a new genus,Curalium, and a new family, Curaliidae.[2]
The males ofCuralium cronini are very small bugs, about 1.5 mm in length, with a red body. No females are known to have been discovered.[2]
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