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Microporus (bug)
''Microporus'' is a genus of burrowing bugs in the family Cydnidae. There are at least four described species in ''Microporus''. Species These four species belong to the genus ''Microporus'': * ''Microporus nigrita'' (Fabricius, 1794) (black ground bug) * ''Microporus obliquus'' Uhler, 1872 * ''Microporus shiromai'' Froeschner, 1977 * ''Microporus testudinatus'' Uhler, 1876 References Further reading * * * * * * * External links * Cydnidae {{Pentatomoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burrowing Bug
Cydnidae are a family of pentatomoid bugs, known by common names including burrowing bugs or burrower bugs. As the common name would suggest, many members of the group live a subterranean lifestyle, burrowing into soil using their head and forelegs, only emerging to mate and then laying their eggs in soil. Other members of the group are not burrowers, and live above the soil layer, often in close association with plants. Several species are known as agricultural pests. Description Burrowing bugs range from 2 to 20 mm in length. They are dark, ovoid in shape and highly sclerotised. The head is generally subquadrate to semicircular in shape, and has a pair of 5-segmented antennae. The coxae of the legs have setal combs, while the apices of the mid and hind coxae are fringed with rigid setae. The tibiae of the legs (also often the head and pronotum) have spines. The tarsi of the legs are 3-segmented and often reduced. Similar to other pentatomoids, Cydnidae have glands in the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
