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The Minute Litter Bugs (Dipsocoromorpha)

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True Bugs (Heteroptera) of the Neotropics

Part of the book series: Entomology in Focus ((ENFO,volume 2))

Abstract

Dipsocoromorpha, the minute litter bugs, are the putatively least known infraorder of true bugs. Despite their astounding morphology, the small size and cryptic habits of Dipsocoromorpha have resulted in limited curated museum collections. Few specialists have focused on this group. In the Neotropical and elsewhere region, Ceratocombidae, Dipsocoridae, and Schizopteridae are represented by ca. 120 described species in 22 genera. The true diversity in the Neotropics, but also the tropics of the Old World, is clearly much larger than this number.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Rochelle Hoey-Chamberlain, Aleksandr Knyshov, and Stephanie Leon for contributing some of the habitus images and acknowledge NSF DEB 1257702 (ARTS: Litter Bugs: revisionary and phylogenetic research on the least studied true bug infraorder (Insecta: Hemiptera: Dipsocoromorpha) for financial support.

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  1. Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA

    Christiane Weirauch

  2. Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Rua Augusto Corrêa n°1, Belém, PA, 66075-110, Brazil

    José Antônio Marin Fernandes

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Weirauch, C., Fernandes, J.A.M. (2015). The Minute Litter Bugs (Dipsocoromorpha). In: Panizzi, A., Grazia, J. (eds) True Bugs (Heteroptera) of the Neotropics. Entomology in Focus, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9861-7_5

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