Arhaphe is a genus of bordered plant bugs in the family Largidae. There are 26 described species in Arhaphe.[1] The genus is one of a small number of hemipterans known to possess a sound-producing stridulitrum, in which the hind femur is rubbed against the costal margin of the forewings.[2]

Arhaphe
Arhaphe cicindeloides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Largidae
Subfamily: Larginae
Genus: Arhaphe
Herrich-Schaeffer, 1850
Synonyms

Araphe (misspelling)
Arrhaphe (misspelling)
Jarhaphetus Bliven, 1956

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Jaroslav L. Stehlík, Harry Brailovsky (2016) Review of the genus Arhaphe (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Largidae) with descriptions of nine new species from Central America. Zootaxa 4093(4):451-79. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4093.4.1.
  2. ^ Lattin, JD (1958) A stridulatory mechanism in Arhaphe cicindeloides Walker (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pyrrhocoridae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 34: 217-219.

Further reading

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  • Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian, eds. (2001). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 4: Pentatomorpha I: Aradidae, Lygaeidae, Piesmatidae, Malcidae, Berytidae, Colobathristidae, Largidae, Pyrrhocoridae. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-90-71912-21-4.