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Temnostethus

Temnostethus is a genus of minute pirate bugs in the family Anthocoridae. There are about eight described species in Temnostethus.

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Temnostethus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Anthocoridae
Tribe: Anthocorini
Genus: Temnostethus
Fieber, 1860

Temnostethus is a genus of minute pirate bugs in the family Anthocoridae. There are about eight described species in Temnostethus.123

Species

These eight species belong to the genus Temnostethus:

  • Temnostethus dacicus (Puton, 1888)
  • Temnostethus fastigiatus Drake & Harris, 1926
  • Temnostethus gracilis Horváth, 1907
  • Temnostethus lunula Wagner, 1952
  • Temnostethus pusillus (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835)
  • Temnostethus reduvinus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1850)
  • Temnostethus wichmanni Wagner, 1961
  • Temnostethus blandus Statz & Wagner, 1950
References

References

  1. "Temnostethus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Temnostethus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
Further reading

Further reading

  • Péricart, J.; Golub, V. B. (1996). Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian (eds.). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 2: Cimicomorpha I. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-90-71912-15-3.
  • Schuh, Randall T.; Weirauch, Christiane; Wheeler, Ward C. (2009). "Phylogenetic relationships within the Cimicomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): a total-evidence analysis". Systematic Entomology. 34 (1): 15–48. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.498.8756. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00436.x.