Biology:Microporus (bug)

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Short description: Genus of true bugs

Microporus
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Microporus nigrita
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Cydnidae
Subfamily: Cydninae
Genus: Microporus
Uhler, 1872

Microporus is a genus of burrowing bugs in the family Cydnidae. There are at least four described species in Microporus.[1][2]

Microporus nigrita

Species

These four species belong to the genus Microporus:[2]

  • Microporus nigrita (Fabricius, 1794) (black ground bug)
  • Microporus obliquus Uhler, 1872
  • Microporus shiromai Froeschner, 1977
  • Microporus testudinatus Uhler, 1876

References

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9. 
  • Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, vol. 5: Pentatomomorpha II. The Netherlands Entomological Society. 2006. ISBN 9071912280. 
  • Blatchley, W.S. (1926). Heteroptera, or true bugs of eastern North America, with especial reference to the faunas of Indiana and Florida. Nature Publishing. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6871. 
  • Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. E. J. Brill. 1988. ISBN 0-916846-44-X. 
  • McPherson, J.E. (1982). The Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera) of Northeastern North America. Southern Illinois University Press. 
  • Rider, David A. (2012). "The Heteroptera (Hemiptera) of North Dakota I: Pentatomorpha: Pentatomoidea". The Great Lakes Entomologist 45 (3–4): 312–380. ISSN 0090-0222. 
  • Walker, Francis (1871). Catalogue of the Specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the Collection of the British Museum, pt. IV. British Museum. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.9254. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q19921992 entry