The insect family Nabidae contains the damsel bugs. There are over 500 species in 20 genera. They are soft-bodied, elongate, winged terrestrial predators. Many damsel bugs catch and hold prey with their forelegs, similar to mantids. They are considered helpful species in agriculture because of their predation on many types of crop pests.
Anthocoridae is a family of bugs, commonly called minute pirate bugs or flower bugs. Worldwide there are 500-600 species.
Amphipsocidae is a family of hairy-winged barklice in the order Psocodea. Most species are 3.0-4.5 mm long and have many setae (hairs) on the veins and margin of the forewing. The main veins of the forewing are usually lined with two rows of setae. Like the other members of the infra-order Caeciliusetae, they have a broad, flat labrum, with well defined edges.
Myopsocidae is a family of mouse-like barklice, belonging to the infraorder Psocetae of the order Psocodea. This family is closely related to Psocidae, with which it shares similar wing-venation, but from which it is distinguished by three-segmented tarsi.
Anisoscelini is a tribe of leaf-footed bugs in the family Coreidae. It was formerly spelled Anisoscelidini, but the tribal name spelling was incorrectly formed.
The Stenopodainae are a subfamily of Reduviidae. Often cryptically coloured, with prominent mandibular plates, antennal segment 1 generally strongly developed, remaining segments slender and often folded back under the first; hemelytron typically with large pentagonal or hexagonal cell in the corium. Approximately 113 genera are described, with most species found in the tropics. Many species are associated with soil or sand, and many are apterous.
The Oxytelinae are a subfamily of the Staphylinidae, rove beetles. There are about 20 genera and at least 320 described species in Oxytelinae.
Brachycentridae is a family of humpless casemaker caddisflies in the order Trichoptera. It is found in North America, Europe, and Asia. Georg Ulmer first described it in Germany in 1903 as a subfamily of Sericostomatidae. The type genus for Brachycentridae is Brachycentrus J. Curtis, 1834.
Cardiastethus is a genus of minute pirate bugs in the family Anthocoridae. There are more than 20 described species in Cardiastethus.
Prionus arenarius is a species of long-horned beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It is found in North America.
Trapezonotus is a genus of dirt-colored seed bugs in the family Rhyparochromidae. There are about 19 described species in Trapezonotus.
Sogatella kolophon is a species of delphacid planthopper in the family Delphacidae. It is found in Africa, Australia, the Caribbean, Central America, North America, Oceania, South America, and Southern Asia.
Diapheromera velii, the prairie walkingstick, is a species of walkingstick in the family Diapheromeridae. It is found in North America.
Nebritus is a genus of stiletto flies in the family Therevidae. There are at least three described species in Nebritus.
Cydamus is a genus of broad-headed bugs in the family Alydidae, found in the Americas. There are about 15 described species in Cydamus.
Ranzovius is a genus of plant bugs in the family Miridae. There are about 10 described species in Ranzovius.
Aulacoscelis is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Orsodacnidae. There are at least two described species in Aulacoscelis.
Pseudophloeinae is a subfamily of leaf-footed bugs in the family Coreidae. There are at least 100 described species in Pseudophloeinae, distributed worldwide.
Bembidion quadrimaculatum is a species of ground beetle of the family Carabidae. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia, North America, and Southern Asia.
Amara quenseli is a species of seed-eating ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia and North America.
