Ground bug or groundbug is a term that has not been used with a great deal of precision. It has been used to refer to the following Pentatomorpha:
- the lygaeoid bugs (Lygaeoidea):[1]
- Heterogastridae, for example Heterogaster urticae (Fabricius, 1775) - the "Nettle Ground Bug"[2]
- Lygaeidae
- Piesmatidae
- Others:
- Cydnidae more commonly known as the "burrowing bugs", and some as "ground pearls", but notably Microporus nigrita - "Black Ground Bug"[3]
- Dipsocoridae, known as the "jumping ground bugs"[4]
References edit
- ^ Henry, Thomas J. (1997). "Phylogenetic analysis of family groups within the infraorder Pentatomomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), with emphasis on the Lygaeoidea". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 90 (3): 275–301. Abstract
- ^ "New Zealand Biosecurity: Nettle Ground Bug". Victoria, Australia: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory, PaDIL, Museum Victoria. Archived from the original on 27 January 2014.
- ^ "Microporus nigrita - the Black Ground Bug". Bug Guide.
- ^ "Dipsocoridae, Jumping Ground Bugs". Atlas of Living Australia.
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