Biology:Arhaphe

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Short description: Genus of true bugs

Arhaphe
Biologia Centrali-Americana - Arhaphe cicindeloides.jpg
Arhaphe cicindeloides
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Largidae
Subfamily: Larginae
Genus: Arhaphe
Herrich-Schaeffer, 1850
Synonyms

Araphe (misspelling)
Arrhaphe (misspelling)
Jarhaphetus Bliven, 1956

Arhaphe is a genus of bordered plant bugs in the family Largidae. There are 26 described species in Arhaphe.[1] The genus is one of a small number of hemipterans known to possess a sound-producing stridulitrum, in which the hind femur is rubbed against the costal margin of the forewings.[2]

Species

  • Arhaphe arguta (Bliven, 1956)
  • Arhaphe breviata Barber, 1924
  • Arhaphe capitata Halstead, 1972
  • Arhaphe carolina Herrich-schaeffer, 1850
  • Arhaphe cicindeloides Walker, 1873
  • Arhaphe deviatica Brailovsky, 1981
  • Arhaphe ferruginea Stehlik & Brailovsky, 2016
  • Arhaphe flavoantennata Stehlik & Brailovsky, 2016
  • Arhaphe furcata Brailovsky, 1981
  • Arhaphe halsteadi Brailovsky, 1981
  • Arhaphe hirsuta Stehlik & Brailovsky, 2016
  • Arhaphe hoffmannae Brailovsky, 1996
  • Arhaphe kmenti Stehlik & Brailovsky, 2016
  • Arhaphe longula Stehlik & Brailovsky, 2016
  • Arhaphe magna Stehlik & Brailovsky, 2016
  • Arhaphe mexicana Halstead, 1972
  • Arhaphe mimetica Barber, 1911
  • Arhaphe morelensis Brailovsky & Marquez, 1974
  • Arhaphe myrmicoides Stehlik & Brailovsky, 2016
  • Arhaphe nigra Brailovsky, 1996
  • Arhaphe oaxacana Stehlik & Brailovsky, 2016
  • Arhaphe pilifera Stehlik & Brailovsky, 2016
  • Arhaphe pisina Brailovsky, 1996
  • Arhaphe rustica Brailovsky, 1981
  • Arhaphe torquata Brailovsky, 1981
  • Arhaphe vegrandis Brailovsky, 1996

References

  1. Jaroslav L. Stehlík, Harry Brailovsky (2016) Review of the genus Arhaphe (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Largidae) with descriptions of nine new species from Central America. Zootaxa 4093(4):451-79. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4093.4.1.
  2. Lattin, JD (1958) A stridulatory mechanism in Arhaphe cicindeloides Walker (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pyrrhocoridae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 34: 217-219.

Further reading

  • Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 4: Pentatomorpha I: Aradidae, Lygaeidae, Piesmatidae, Malcidae, Berytidae, Colobathristidae, Largidae, Pyrrhocoridae. The Netherlands Entomological Society. 2001. ISBN 978-90-71912-21-4. 

Wikidata ☰ Q10417833 entry