Aenictopecheidae

Aenictopecheidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Infraorder: Enicocephalomorpha
Superfamily: Enicocephaloidea
Family: Aenictopecheidae

Aenictopecheidae is a rare family of insects containing only a few species, including a single American species, Boreostolus americanus. This species lives under large, flat stones and sandy substrates along mountain streams in Oregon, Washington, and Colorado. It is 5 mm long and occurs in both the macropterous and brachypterous condition. It is assumed to be predaceous.[1]

Notes

  1. Triplehorn, C. and Johnson, N.: "Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects, 7th Ed.", page 288. Brooks/Cole, 2005.


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