Aenictopecheidae is a rare family of

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s occurring worldwide but containing only a few species, including a single American species, ''Boreostolus americanus''. This species lives under large, flat stones and sandy substrates along mountain streams in Oregon, Washington, and Colorado. It is 5 mm long and occurs in both the macropterous and

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condition. It is assumed to be predaceous.Triplehorn, C. and Johnson, N.: "Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects, 7th Ed.", page 288. Brooks/Cole, 2005.

Genera

*'' Aenictocoris'' *'' Aenictopechys'' *'' Australostolus'' *'' Boreostolus'' *†'' Cretocephalus'' ( Cenomanian,

Burmese Amber Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. The ...

, Myanmar) *'' Gamostolus'' *'' Lomagostus'' *'' Maoristolus'' *'' Murphyanella'' *'' Nymphocoris'' *'' Timahocoris'' *'' Tornocrusus''

Notes

Enicocephalomorpha Heteroptera families {{Heteroptera-stub