''Dufouriellus'' is a
monotypic genus
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of
minute pirate bug
Anthocoridae is a family of bugs, commonly called minute pirate bugs or flower bugs. Worldwide there are 500-600 species.
Description
Anthocoridae are 1.5–5 mm long and have soft, elongated oval, flat bodies, often patterned in black an ...
s now placed in the tribe
Anthocorini
Anthocorini is a tribe of minute pirate bugs in the family Anthocoridae. There are more than 30 described species in Anthocorini.
Genera
''BioLib'' includes the following in tribe Anthocorini:
# '' Acompocoris'' Reuter, 1875
# ''Anthocoris'' Fa ...
(previously considered typical of the
Dufouriellini). The described species is ''
Dufouriellus ater'',
[ which has been recorded from much of western Europe through to Bohemia, ]Moravia
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The m ...
, Slovakia
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, southern Scandinavia
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and including the British Isles
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.[Southwood TRE, Leston D (1959) ''Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles'' Warne.]
References
Further reading
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See also
* List of heteropteran bugs recorded in Britain
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This is a list of the heteropteran bugs recorded from Britain:
Cimicomorpha
Cimicoidea
Anthocoridae
= Anthocorinae=
Acompocoris
* Acompocoris alpinusSouthwood & Leston (1959), chapter VII
* Acompocoris pygmaeus
Anthocoris
* A ...
External links
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Cimicomorpha genera
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Anthocorini
Hemiptera of Europe