- Aradidae
Taxobox
name = Flat bugs
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
ordo =Hemiptera
infraordo =Pentatomomorpha
superfamilia =Aradoidea
familia = Aradidae
familia_authority = Spinola , 1837
subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies
subdivision =Aneurinae Aradinae Calisiinae Carventinae Chinamyersiinae Isoderminae Mezirinae Prosympiestinae Aradidae bear the appropriate common name, flat bugs, in reference to their (usually) extremely flattened body. With few exceptions, the often cryptic insects are of no economic importance. Common temperate genera include "
Aradus ", "Mezira ", "Neuroctenus ", and "Aneurus ".Temperate species commonly live under the bark of dead trees (again, with a few exceptions), while many tropical species are found in leaflitter or on fallen twigs or branches.
Most members of the family are thought to be mycetophagous, feeding on fungi, but in truth, little is known of the feeding habits of most species, though they can be attracted to the
pheromone s ofbark beetle s. Many of the tropical taxa are apterous (lacking wings as adults). Flat bugs are distant relatives of the more familiarstink bug s.External links
* [http://www.aradidae.org Aradidae Taxonomy Site]
* [http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/rider/IHS/ International Heteropterist's Society]
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