Neides

Neides
Neides tipularius
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Berytidae
Subfamily: Berytinae
Genus:
Fabricius, 1802
Synonyms

The genus Neides is a small but common Old World group of stilt bugs; the name has precedence of the junior synonym name Berytus which Fabricius coined for the same taxon in 1803.[1] It formerly included one North American species (Neides muticus), which has been removed to its own genus, Neoneides.

Species

  • Neides aduncus (Fieber, 1859)
  • Neides brevipennis Puton, 1895
  • Neides gomeranus Heiss, 1978
  • Neides tipularius (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

  1. ^ Cassis, G.; Gross, Gordon F. (2002). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Csiro Publishing. pp. 163–167. ISBN 978-0-643-06875-9.