Aradus Serratus

''Aradus'' is a genus of true bugs in the family Aradidae, the flat bugs. It is distributed worldwide, mainly in the Holarctic.Larivière, M. C. and A. Larochelle. (2006)
An overview of flat bug genera (Hemiptera, Aradidae) from New Zealand, with considerations on faunal diversification and affinities.
''Festschrift zum'' 70, 181-214. pg. 190. There are around 200Schmitz, A., et al. (2010)
Distribution and functional morphology of photomechanic infrared sensilla in flat bugs of the genus ''Aradus'' (Heteroptera, Aradidae).
''Arthropod Structure & Development'' 39(1), 17-25. or more species in the genus.

Most ''Aradus'' feed on fungi, often in dead trees.Deyrup, M. and J. G. Mosley. (2004)
Natural history of the flat bug ''Aradus gracilicornis'' in fire-killed pines (Heteroptera: Aradidae).
''Florida Entomologist'' 87(1), 79-81. Some species are pyrophilous, associating with burned habitat such as forests after wildfires. They feed on the particular fungi that grow on burnt wood. Examples include '' A. laeviusculus'', which eats fungi growing on burned conifers, and ''Aradus gracilis'', which occurs in large numbers on burned South Florida slash pine (''Pinus elliottii'' var. ''densa'').

Species include:

*'' Aradus abbas''
*''Aradus acutus''
*'' Aradus aequalis''
*''Aradus alaskanus''
*''Aradus ampliatus''
*'' Aradus antennalis''
*'' Aradus apicalis''
*'' Aradus approximatus''
*'' Aradus arizonicus''
*'' Aradus barberi''
*'' Aradus basalis''
*'' Aradus behrensi''
*'' Aradus betulae''
*'' Aradus blaisdelli''
*'' Aradus borealis''
*'' Aradus breviatus''
*''Aradus brevicornis''
*'' Aradus brunnicornis''
*'' Aradus carolinensis''
*'' Aradus cincticornis''
*''Aradus coarctatus''
*'' Aradus coloradensis''
*''Aradus compressus''
*''Aradus concinnus''
*'' Aradus consors''
*''Aradus crenatus''
*''Aradus curticollis''
*'' Aradus debilis''
*''Aradus depictus''
*'' Aradus duzeei''
*''Aradus evermanni''
*''Aradus falleni''
*'' Aradus froeschneri''
*''Aradus funestus''
*''Aradus furnissi''
*''Aradus furvus''
*'' Aradus fuscipennis''
*''Aradus fuscomaculatus''
*''Aradus gracilicornis''
*''Aradus gracilis''
*'' Aradus hesperius''
*''Aradus implanus''
*'' Aradus inornatus''
*'' Aradus insignitus''
*'' Aradus insolitus''
*'' Aradus intectus''
*''Aradus intermedius''
*'' Aradus kormilevi''
*''Aradus lawrencei''
*'' Aradus leachi''
*'' Aradus linsleyi''
*'' Aradus lugubris''
*'' Aradus marginatus''
*''Aradus medioximus''
*'' Aradus montanus''
*'' Aradus occidentalis''
*'' Aradus opertaneus''
*''Aradus orbiculus''
*''Aradus oregonicus''
*''Aradus ornatus''
*'' Aradus ovatus''
*'' Aradus oviventris''
*'' Aradus paganicus''
*'' Aradus pannosus''
*'' Aradus parshleyi''
*'' Aradus parvicornis''
*'' Aradus patibulus''
*'' Aradus persimilis''
*''Aradus proboscideus''
*''Aradus quadrilineatus''
*'' Aradus robustus''
*''Aradus saileri''
*''Aradus saskatchewanensis''
*'' Aradus serratus''
*'' Aradus shermani''
*'' Aradus signaticornis''
*'' Aradus similis''
*'' Aradus snowi''
*'' Aradus subruficeps''
*'' Aradus taylori''
*''Aradus tuberculifer''
*''Aradus uniannulatus''
*''Aradus uniformis''
*''Aradus vadosus''
*''Aradus vandykei''

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''Aradus'' subgenus ''Aradus''
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''Aradus'' subgenus ''Quilnus''.
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Aradidae
Pentatomomorpha genera

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