Aenictopecheidae
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| Aenictopecheidae | |
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| Aenictocoris powelli | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Superfamily: | Enicocephaloidea |
| Family: | Aenictopecheidae Usinger, 1932 |
Aenictopecheidae is a rare family of insects occurring worldwide but containing only a few species, including a single American species, Boreostolus americanus. This species lives under large, flat stones and sandy substrates along mountain streams in Oregon, Washington, and Colorado. It is 5 mm long and occurs in both the macropterous and brachypterous condition. It is assumed to be predaceous.[1]
Genera
[edit | edit source]- Aenictocoris Woodward, 1956
- Aenictopechys Breddin, 1905
- Australostolus Stys, 1980
- Boreostolus Wygodzinsky & Stys, 1970
- †Cretocephalus Luo & Xie, 2022 (Cenomanian, Burmese Amber, Myanmar)[2]
- Gamostolus Bergroth, 1927
- Lomagostus Villiers, 1958
- Maoristolus Woodward, 1956
- Murphyanella Wygodzinsky & Stys, 1982
- Nymphocoris Woodward, 1956
- Timahocoris Wygodzinsky & Stys, 1982
- Tornocrusus Kritsky, 1977
Notes
[edit | edit source]Lua error in Module:Taxonbar at line 165: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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