Dipsocoridae are a family of heteropteran bugs known as jumping ground bugs. There are about 30 widely distributed species which are placed in three genera. Fossils from Eocene amber have also been placed in the family.[1]

Dipsocoridae
Dipsocoridae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Infraorder: Dipsocoromorpha
Family: Dipsocoridae
Dohrn, 1859
Synonyms

Cryptostemmatidae McAtee & Malloch, 1925

The antennae have four segments, the basal two being short and thick while the distal ones are slender appearing like a brush with long hairs with the third segment thickened at the base. They have ocelli and the three segmented beak is long. The head is horizontal and there are no prominent forecoxal cavities.[2]

Genera

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BioLib includes:

  1. Alpagut Kiyak, 1995 (synonyms Raunocoris, Harpago) (Palaearctic),
  2. Cryptostemma Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835 (worldwide),
  3. Pachycoleus Fieber, 1860 (Palaearctic, Oriental and Neotropical).

European species

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Fauna Europaea[3] includes:

References

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  1. ^ Hartung, Viktor; Garrouste, Romain; Nel, André (2017). "The first fossil Dipsocoridae found in the early Eocene amber of France (Hemiptera: Heteroptera)". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 16 (7): 715–720. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2017.05.008.
  2. ^ Comstock, John Henry (1920). An introduction to entomology (3 ed.). Ithaca, N.Y.: Comstock Publishing Co. p. 374.
  3. ^ "Dipsocoridae Fauna Europaea". fauna-eu.org. Retrieved 2022-02-23.