Infraorder of true bugs
Jumping ground bugs |
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Cryptostemma sp. (female) |
Scientific classification |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Infraorder: | Dipsocoromorpha |
Families |
Ceratocombidae Dipsocoridae Hypsipterygidae Schizopteridae Stemmocryptidae |
Dipsocoromorpha is an infraorder of insects in the order Hemiptera (true bugs)[1] containing roughly 300 species, in one superfamily, Dipsocoroidea. The insects of this group live on the ground and in the leaf litter, though they can also be found in mangroves, low vegetation areas, and interstitial areas of streams.
Dipsocoromorpha contains some of the smallest adult true bugs, usually between 0.5 and 4.0 mm long. They are often characterized by having a long, whip like antennae, with a flattened and broad body. Many of these insects have long hairs on their antennae, as well. Dipsocoromorpha tend to be more abundant in the tropics.
Fossil records of Dipsocoromorpha date back to the Early Cretaceous period, but relatively few fossils have been well preserved, making it difficult to assess the Dipsocoromorpha’s place on the phylogenetic tree.[citation needed]
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Extant Hemiptera families
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Subclass: Pterygota
- Infraclass: Neoptera
- Superorder: Paraneoptera
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Aleyrodoidea | |
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Aphidoidea (aphids) | |
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Coccoidea (scale insects) | - Aclerdidae
- Asterolecaniidae (pit scales)
- Beesoniidae (beesoniids)
- Carayonemidae (carayonemids)
- Cerococcidae (ornate pit scales)
- Coccidae (soft scales)
- Conchaspididae
- Dactylopiidae (cochineals)
- Diaspididae (armored scales)
- Eriococcidae (felt scales)
- Halimococcidae (pupillarial palm scales)
- Kermesidae
- Kerriidae (lac scales)
- Lecanodiaspididae (false pit scales)
- Margarodidae (cottony cushion scales, giant coccids, ground pearls)
- Micrococcidae (Mediterranean scales)
- Monophlebidae (giant scales)
- Ortheziidae (ensign scales)
- Phenacoleachiidae (phenacoleachiids)
- Phoenicococcidae (palm scales)
- Pseudococcidae (mealybugs)
- Putoidae (giant mealybugs)
- Stictococcidae (stictococcids)
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Phylloxeroidea | - Adelgidae (woolly conifer aphids)
- Phylloxeridae (phylloxerans)
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Psylloidea | |
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| Enicocephalomorpha | |
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Gerromorpha (semiaquatic bugs) | |
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| Nepomorpha (true water bugs) | |
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Peloridiomorpha (Coleorrhyncha) | |
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| Cimicomorpha | Cimicoidea | - Anthocoridae (minute pirate bugs or flower bugs)
- Cimicidae (bed bugs, bat bugs)
- Curaliidae (Curalium cronini)
- Joppeicidae
- Lasiochilidae
- Lyctocoridae
- Medocostidae
- Microphysidae
- Miridae (plant bugs, leaf bugs, grass bugs)
- Nabidae (damsel bugs)
- Pachynomidae
- Plokiophilidae
- Polyctenidae (old world bat bugs)
- Reduviidae (assassin bugs, wheel bugs, thread-legged bugs)
- Thaumastocoridae (royal palm bugs)
- Tingidae (lace bugs)
- Velocipedidae
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Pentatomomorpha | |
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Taxon identifiers |
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Dipsocoromorpha | |
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