Coleorrhyncha |
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Peloridioidea |
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Family: Peloridiidae
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Enicocephalomorpha |
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Enicocephaloidea
The family Aenictopecheidae has not been recorded from southern Africa. |
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Family:
Enicocephalidae (gnat bugs)
Live mainly under stones, in leaf litter, under bark or in rotting logs,
where they are predators of other insects and arthropods. They look superficially similar to
assassin bugs (Reduviidae) but are not related to them at all. They
can be distinguished easily by having totally membranous wings and by the elongate head
with a constriction behind the eyes and then behind that constriction a round swollen
portion.About eight genera
and 40 species have been recorded from southern Africa. |
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Dipsocoromorpha |
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Dipsocoroidea
Families not recorded from southern Africa: Ceratocombidae and
Stemmocryptidae. |
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Family: Dipsocoridae
Recorded from southern Africa but no described species. |
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Family: Hypsipterygidae
Tiny bugs (about 1.5 mm long). There are two recorded species from Africa
and one from Thailand. This family probably occurs in southern Africa but
there are no confirmed records. |
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Family: Schizopteridae
Tiny bugs (about 0.8 - 3 mm). Humpatanannus brincki is the only
described species from for southern Afrca but there are a few more
undescribed species. |
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Gerromorpha |
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Mesovelioidea |
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Family: Mesoveliidae
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Hebroidea |
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Family: Hebridae (velvet water bugs)
Found on floating vegetation and wet moss and predatory on small athropods.
Sometimes walk across the water surface. |
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Hydrometroidea |
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Family: Paraphrynoveliidae
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Family: Macroveliidae
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Family: Hydrometridae
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Gerroidea |
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Family: Hermatobatidae
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Family: Veliidae
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Family: Gerridae (pond skaters, water
striders)
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Leptopodomorpha |
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Leptopodoidea |
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Family: Leptopodidae (spiny shore bugs)
A rare group found on rocks in fast-flowing mountain streams in subtropical
regions. Probably predatory on small insects. |
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Family: Omaniidae
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Saldoidea |
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Family: Aepophilidae
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Family: Saldidae (shore bugs)
Occurs alongside streams and other water bodies. Predators of small insects. |
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Nepomorpha |
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Nepoidea |
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Family: Nepidae
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Family: Belostomatidae
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Octeroidea |
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Family: Ochteridae (velvet shore bugs)
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Family:
Gelastocoridae (toad bugs)
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Corixoidea |
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Family: Corixidae (water boatmen)
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Naucoroidea |
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Family: Naucoridae
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Notonectoidea |
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Family: Notonectidae (backswimmers)
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Family: Pleidae
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Family: Helptrephidae
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Cimicomorpha |
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Cimicoidea
Families not recorded from southern Africa:
Plokiophilidae, Medocostidae and Velocipedidae. |
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Family: Anthocoridae (minute pirate
bugs)
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. |
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Family: Cimicidae (bedbug family)
Blood-sucking ectoparasites that live in the sleeping places and nests of
mammals and birds. About 5 genera and 10 species have been recorded from
southern Africa, including the Common Bedbug Cimex
lectularius. |
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Family: Polyctenidae (bat bugs)
Blood-sucking ectoparasites of bats. The only species from southern Africa is
Androctenes horvathi, which has been recorded on Rhinolophus eloquens
(Andersen's horseshoe bat). |
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Family: Nabidae
Medium-sized (4-11 mm) predatory bugs that feed on small insects, other
small arthropods, and insect eggs. About seven genera and 20 species have
been recorded from southern Africa. |
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Miroidea |
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Family: Miridae
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Family: Microphysidae
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Tingoidea |
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Family: Vianaididae
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Family: Tingidae
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Family: Joppeicidae
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Thaumastocoroidea |
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Family: Thaumastocoridae
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Reduvioidea |
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Family: Pachynomidae
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Family: Reduviidae (assassin bugs)
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Pentatomomorpha |
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Aradoidea |
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Family: Aradidae (flat bugs)
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Family: Termitaphididae
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Idiostoloidea |
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Family: Idiostolidae
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Piesmatoidea |
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Family: Piesmatidae
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Lygaeoidea |
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Family: Colobathristidae
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Family: Malcidae
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Family: Berytidae
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Family: Lygaeidae
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Family: Largidae
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Family: Pyrrhocoridae (red bugs)
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Coreoidea |
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Family: Stenocephalidae
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Family: Hyocephalidae
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Family: Coreidae (tip wilters)
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Family: Alydidae (broad-headed bugs)
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Family: Rhopalidae
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Pentatomoidea |
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Family: Urostylidae
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Family: Plataspididae
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Family: Thyreocoridae
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Family: Megarididae
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Family: Canopidae
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Family: Phloeidae
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Family: Thaumastellidae
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Family: Cydnidae
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Family: Acanthosomatidae
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Family: Lestoniidae
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Family: Tessaratomidae
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Family: Scutelleridae (shield-backed bugs)
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Family: Dinidoridae
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Family: Pentatomidae (stink bugs)
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