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Aphelocheirus

Xie, Tong-Yin;Liu, Guo-Qing

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Aphelocheirus

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Aphelocheirus is a genus of true bugs, the only genus belonging to the family Aphelocheiridae.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderHemiptera
  5. FamilyAphelocheiridae
Habitatfreshwater

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
21
With media
3
Family
Aphelocheiridae
Collections
USNM, AM, BPBM
Recorded in
Thailand, South Africa, Philippines, Lesotho

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Aphelocheirus is a genus of true bugs, the only genus belonging to the family Aphelocheiridae.

The genus was first described by John O. Westwood in 1833.

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