Family: Anthocoridae
(minute pirate bugs)
Life
> Eukaryotes >
Opisthokonta >
Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa
> Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum:
Arthopoda > Mandibulata >
Atelocerata > Panhexapoda >
Hexapoda
> Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota >
Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Paraneoptera > Condylognatha
> Hemiptera (bugs) >
Heteroptera > Cimicomorpha >
Cimicoidea
Small bugs (2 - 5 mm long) that are predators of other
arthropods and their eggs (e.g. plant mites, larvae and eggs of
Lepidoptera,
thrips, and
Hemiptera such as leafhoppers, psyllids, scale
insects and whiteflies). Found in a variety of situations including on
shrubs and flowers, under bark, and in leaf litter. About 12 genera and 40
species have been recorded from southern Africa.
Publications
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Jacobs, D.H. 1985. Heteroptera. In: Insects of Southern Africa (Eds C.H. Scholtz
& E. Holm). Butterworths, Durban, p. 117-152.
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Lattin, J.D. 1999. Bionomics of the
Anthocoridae. Annual Review of Entomology 44: 207-231.
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