Microporus (bug)

Microporus is a genus of burrowing bugs in the family Cydnidae. There are at least four described species in Microporus.[1][2]

Microporus nigrita

Microporus
Microporus nigrita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Cydnidae
Subfamily: Cydninae
Genus: Microporus
Uhler, 1872

Species

These four species belong to the genus Microporus:[2]

  • Microporus nigrita (Fabricius, 1794) (black ground bug)
  • Microporus obliquus Uhler, 1872
  • Microporus shiromai Froeschner, 1977
  • Microporus testudinatus Uhler, 1876

References
  1. "Microporus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  2. "Microporus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-06.

Further reading
  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
  • Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian, eds. (2006). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, vol. 5: Pentatomomorpha II. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 9071912280.
  • Blatchley, W.S. (1926). Heteroptera, or true bugs of eastern North America, with especial reference to the faunas of Indiana and Florida. Nature Publishing. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6871.
  • Henry, Thomas J.; Froeschner, Richard C., eds. (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. E. J. Brill. ISBN 0-916846-44-X.
  • McPherson, J.E. (1982). The Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera) of Northeastern North America. Southern Illinois University Press.
  • Rider, David A. (2012). "The Heteroptera (Hemiptera) of North Dakota I: Pentatomorpha: Pentatomoidea". The Great Lakes Entomologist. vol. 45, no. 3–4: 312–380. ISSN 0090-0222.
  • Walker, Francis (1871). Catalogue of the Specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the Collection of the British Museum, pt. IV. British Museum. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.9254.


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