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Aenictopecheidae
Aenictopecheidae is a rare family of insects occurring worldwide but containing only a few species, including a single American species, Boreostolus americanus. This species lives under large, flat stones and sandy substrates along mountain streams in Oregon, Washington, and Colorado. It is 5 mm long and occurs in both the macropterous and brachypterous condition. It is assumed to be predaceous.
8 branches of this family, most-observed first
Gamostolus
genusGamostolus
Boreostolus
genusBoreostolus
Maoristolinae
subfamilyMaoristolinae
Aenictopecheinae
subfamilyAenictopecheinae
Murphyanellinae
subfamilyMurphyanellinae
Nymphocorinae
subfamilyNymphocorinae
Nymphocoris
genusNymphocoris
Aenictocoris
genusAenictocoris
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 372936.