Superfamily of true bugs
Enicocephaloidea |
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Phthirocoris magnus female |
Scientific classification |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Infraorder: | Enicocephalomorpha |
Superfamily: | Enicocephaloidea |
Families |
Enicocephalidae Aenictopecheidae |
Enicocephaloidea is a sole superfamily within the infraorder Enicocephalomorpha of the hemipteran suborder Heteroptera ("true bugs"). The group was formerly thought to be related to the Reduviidae because of similarities in head structure but they are now considered different enough from other Heteroptera to constitute a separate infraorder[1] and represents a sister group of the Leptopodomorpha.[2] They are predaceous and some species are known to swarm but little is known of their life history. A few species of enicocephalids are known to shed their wings before entering the surface of subsoil.[3]
Notes
Wikispecies has information related to Enicocephaloidea.
Extant Hemiptera families
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Subclass: Pterygota
- Infraclass: Neoptera
- Superorder: Paraneoptera
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Aleyrodoidea | |
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Aphidoidea (aphids) | |
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Coccoidea (scale insects) | - Aclerdidae
- Asterolecaniidae (pit scales)
- Beesoniidae (beesoniids)
- Carayonemidae (carayonemids)
- Cerococcidae (ornate pit scales)
- Coccidae (soft scales)
- Conchaspididae
- Dactylopiidae (cochineals)
- Diaspididae (armored scales)
- Eriococcidae (felt scales)
- Halimococcidae (pupillarial palm scales)
- Kermesidae
- Kerriidae (lac scales)
- Lecanodiaspididae (false pit scales)
- Margarodidae (cottony cushion scales, giant coccids, ground pearls)
- Micrococcidae (Mediterranean scales)
- Monophlebidae (giant scales)
- Ortheziidae (ensign scales)
- Phenacoleachiidae (phenacoleachiids)
- Phoenicococcidae (palm scales)
- Pseudococcidae (mealybugs)
- Putoidae (giant mealybugs)
- Stictococcidae (stictococcids)
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Phylloxeroidea | - Adelgidae (woolly conifer aphids)
- Phylloxeridae (phylloxerans)
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Psylloidea | |
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