Aenictopecheidae

Aenictopecheidae
Aenictopecheidae
Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta) Subclass : Flying insects (Pterygota) Order : Schnabelkerfe (Hemiptera) Subordination : Bed bugs (heteroptera) Partial order : Enicocephalomorpha Family : Aenictopecheidae
Scientific name
Aenictopecheidae
Usinger , 1932

The Aenictopecheidae are a family of bedbugs (Heteroptera) within the suborder Enicocephalomorpha . They are inconspicuous, rarely observed bedbugs. In some species plesiomorphic characters are developed, which do not occur in the suborder Enicocephalomorpha, nor in the other bugs. The family is primal and less developed than the sister family Enicocephalidae . About 20 species in 10 genera have been described, with numerous other species waiting to be described.

features

The animals are 3 to 10 millimeters long. Like the close relatives of the Enicocephalidae , most species are not very vividly colored. The posterior lobe of the pronotum is often shortened and weak. It is not limited by a creased edge. The wing vein Rs of the forewings divides in the subfamily Maoristolinae . The Costa loader's interruption is short. The pygophore, the posterolateral extension of the ninth abdominal segment in males, is never divided into tergum , laterotergite and sternum . The phallus corresponds to the typical blueprint of the bedbugs, can be turned out or not and has movable parameters. The ovipositor is usually fully developed. The nymphs have normally developed wing systems that do not collide in the middle.

Occurrence

The family is distributed worldwide, but has the main distribution in the southern hemisphere. The genus Boreostolus is boreal amphipacific (both on the Asian and American coasts of the Pacific).

Way of life

Little is known about the way of life of the Aenictopecheidae. Representatives of the genus Gamostolus have been observed swarming and found under stones and in forests in the litter. Species of the genus Australostolus can be attracted in semi-deserts by artificial light sources. The species of the genus Boreostolus live under large stones on a substrate of gravel and sand on rivers, similar to the representatives of the genus Cryptostemma of the family Dipsocoridae . The representatives of the subfamily Maoristolinae live in the litter , under bark and in moss. As far as known, the subfamily live Nymphocorinae in soil , in leaf litter and grass tufts and can Berlesetrichter and pitfall traps caught.

Taxonomy and systematics

According to the current view, the family is defined by its plesiomorphies. However, none of the subfamilies has apomorphies with the Enicocephalidae family. The following subtaxa are currently recognized:

• Subfamily Nymphocorinae
  • • Genus Nymphocoris (New Zealand, Tasmania)
• Subfamily Murphyanellinae
  • • Genus Murphyanella (Singapore)
    • Genus Timahocoris (Singapore)
• Subfamily Maoristolinae
  • • Genus Maoristolus (New Zealand)
• Subfamily Aenictopecheinae
  • Tribe Gamostolini
    • Genus Boreostolus (Palearctic, New World)
    • Genus Gamostolus (Neotropis)
    • Genus Australostolus (Australia)
    • Genus Tornocrusus (New World)
  • Aenictopecheini tribe
    • Genus Aenictopechys (Orientalis)
    • Genus Lomagostus (Madagascar)

supporting documents

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} R.T. Schuh, JA Slater: True Bugs of the World (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Classification and Natural History. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, 1995.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Family AENICTOPECHEIDAE. Australian Biological Resources Study. Australian Faunal Directory, accessed October 24, 2013 . 

literature

• RT Schuh, JA Slater: True Bugs of the World (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Classification and Natural History. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, 1995.