Aradidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Paraneoptera
Superordo: Condylognatha
Ordo: Hemiptera
Subordo: Heteroptera
Infraordo: Pentatomomorpha
Superfamilia: Aradoidea

Familia: Aradidae
Subfamiliae (9): Aneurinae - Aradinae - Calisiinae - Carventinae - Chinamyersiinae - Isoderminae - Mezirinae - Prosympiestinae - †Archearadinae

Overview of genera (190+)
A

Acanthaptera – Acantharadus – Acaraptera – Acaricoris – Acoryphocoris – Adenocoris – Aegisocoris – Aellocoris – Afrocalisius – Afropictinus – Aglaocoris – Allelocoris – Ambohitantelya – Aneuraptera – Aneurillodes – Aneurillus – Aneurus – Aphelocoris – Aphyseteres – Apteraradus – Aradacanthia – Aradus – Arbanatus – Arictus – Armoneurum – Artabanellus – Artabanus – Aspisocoris – Asterocoris –
B

Baiaptera – Barcinus – Bergrothiessa – Bergrothista – Biroana – Brachybarcinus – Brachyrhynchus – Breviscutaneurus – Breviscutheissia – Bruneiaptera –
C

Caecicoris – Cagayanacoris – Caiaptera – Caledoneurus – Calisiopsis – Calisius – Cameronaptera – Caribocalisius – Carventaptera – Carventus – Chelonocoris – Chelonoderus – Chelysocoris – Chelysosoma – Chiastoplonia – Chinamyersia – Chinessa – Chlonocoris – Cimicomanes – Clavaptera – Clavicornia – Comorocoris – Corynophloeobia – Cotopaxicoris – Crassocoris – Cremastaptera – Crimia – Ctenoneurus –
D

Dasyaptera – Daulocoris – Dihybogaster – Dimorphacantha – Dolichothyreus – Drakiessa – Dundocoris – Dysodiellus –
E

Emydocoris – Enkopicephalus – Eretmocoris – Euchelonocoris – Euricoris –
F

Froeschnerissa –
G

Glochocoris – Glyptoaptera – Glyptocoris – Gnostocoris – Granulaptera –
H

Hainanmezira – Heissia – Helenus – Heterobarcinus – Hoberlandtiella – Hoberlandtiessa –
I

Illibius – Iralunelus – Isodermus –
J

Jacobsaptera – Jarmilaia –
K

Kanakaptera – Kaulocoris – Kema – Kiritshenkiana – Kolpodaptera – Kormilevia – Kumaressa –
L

Langkawiaptera – Leuraptera – Leurocoris – Libiocoris – Lissaptera – Lissocoris – Lissonotocoris – Llaimocoris – Lophocoris –
M

Malkinia – Mancinia – Mastigocoris – Mauricicoris – Mesadenocoris – Mesophloeobia – Modicarventus – Morphocoris –
N

Neadenocoris – Neasterocoris – Neobergrothista – Neocarventus – Neochelonoderus – Neophloeobia – Nesiaptera – Neuroctenus – Notoplocaptera – Noumeaptera –
O

Odontonotus – Onorecoris – Oroessa – Osellaptera – Overlaetiella –
P

Papuabarcinus – Parabergrothista – Paracalisiopsis – Paracalisius – Paracaraptera – Paracarventus – Paracrassocoris – Paralibiocoris – Paraneurus – Parapictinus – Pararhombocoris – Parataiwanaptera – Peggicoris – Pericartaptera – Phamaptera – Phanocoris – Phloeobia – Pictinellus – Probatoceps – Promiorrhynchus – Prosympiestus – Proxius – Psectrocoris – Pseudowuiessa – Psorosoma –
R

Rhysocoris – Ribesaptera – Rossius – Rugicarventus –
S

Sandakaptera – Schoutedeniessa – Schuhaptera – Silvacoris – Smetanacoris – Stehlikiessa – Stelgidocoris – Stipesoculus – Strigocoris –
T

Tiomanaptera – Tobyschuhaptera – Tretocoris – Trichosomaptera – Trigonaptera –
U

Usingeria – Usingerida –
V

Vietnamaptera – Vizcayaptera –
W

Woodwardiessa –
Y

Yangiella –
Z

Zeugocoris – Zimmermania – Zoroaptera –
†A

†Allocalisius – †Archearadus –
†B

†Brevisensoria –
†C

†Cretopiesma –
†K

†Kachinocoris
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Name

Aradidae Spinola, 1837

References

Spinola, M. 1837. Essai sur les genres d’insectes appartenants à l’ordre des Hémiptères, Lin. ou Rhyngotes, Fab. et à la section des Hétéroptères, Dufour. Gênes, 383 pp. BHL Reference page.
Bai, X-S., Heiss, E. & Cai, W-Z. 2018. The Oriental flat bug genus Libiocoris Kormilev, 1957 revisited: re-examination, synonymy, and description of a new genus (Heteroptera, Aradidae). ZooKeys 789: 115–137. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.789.26165 Reference page.
Bai, X-S., Heiss, E. & Cai, W.Z. 2018. Reconsideration of the apterous carventine genus Crassocoris and description of Paracrassocoris gen. nov. from China (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae). Zootaxa 4455(3): 537–546. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4455.3.9 Paywall Reference page.
Cassis, G.; Schuh, R.T. 2010: Systematic methods, fossils, and relationships within Heteroptera (Insecta). Cladistics, 26(3): 262–280. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00283.x
Contreras, E.F.; Coscarón, M. del Carmen 2012: The Aradidae (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera) of Argentina. Zootaxa 3500: 1–35. Preview Reference page.
Coscarón, M. del Carmen; Contreras, E.F. 2012: Catalog of Aradidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) for the Neotropical Region. Zootaxa 3466: 1–103. Preview Reference page.
Ghahari, H.; Heiss, E. 2012: Annotated catalog of Iranian Aradidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha: Aradoidea). Zootaxa 3571: 81–86. Preview Reference page.
Gossner, M.M., Heckmann, R. & Moretti, M. 2018. From the South and from the North? – Quilnus marcosi Heiss & Baena and Aradus angularis J. Sahlberg, two flat bug species new for Central Europe (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Aradidae). Alpine Entomology 2: 7–14. DOI: 10.3897/alpento.2.21801. Reference page.
Heiss, E. 2010: New taxa and systematic assignments of Madagascan Aradidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Zootaxa 2728: 23–38. Preview Reference page.
Heiss, E. 2012: Revision of Aradidae from Baltic amber VII. A new species of Aneurus (Heteroptera: Aradidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 122(3): [not seen] Reference page.
Heiss, E. 2013: Annotated checklist of the flat bug family Aradidae Brullé, 1836 from East Africa (Hemiptera, Heteroptera). Zootaxa 3718(4): 331–344. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3718.4.3 Reference page.
Heiss, E. 2015. New taxonomic assignments of Calisiinae with description of two new genera (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Aradidae). Zootaxa 4000(3): 363–376. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4000.3.3 Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Heiss, E. 2016. Review of the Neotropical genus Helenus White, 1879, with description of a new species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae). Zootaxa 4088(4): 555–562. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.4.6.Reference page.
Heiss, E. 2016b. New genera and species of Aradidae in Cretaceous Burmese Amber (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Linzer biologische Beiträge 48(1): 419-429. Full article zobodat (PDF).Reference page.
Heiss, E. 2018. Two new genera and species of flat bugs from the Philippines (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae). Zootaxa 4500(3): 426–432. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4500.3.8 Paywall Reference page.
Heiss, E. & Grebennikov, V.V. 2015: Review and three new species of the flat bug genus Neochelonoderus Hoberlandt, 1967 from East Africa (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae). Zootaxa 3947(4): 581–589. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.4.9. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Heiss, E. & Grebennikov, V.V. 2016. Monophyly, review, six new species and DNA barcode of micropterous Afromontane Afropictinus (Heteroptera: Aradidae). Zootaxa 4208(2): 149–160. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4208.2.3. Reference page.
Kormilev, N.A.; Froeschner, R.C. 1987: Flat bugs of the world: a synonymic list (Heteroptera: Aradidae). Entomography, 5: 1–246.
Pham, M. et al. 2011: An annotated check list of flat bugs (Hemiptera: Aradidae) from Vietnam. Zootaxa, 2967: 51–60. Preview
Shi, K., Bai, X-S., Wu, Z-Y., Heiss, E. & Cai, W-Z. 2016. Pseudowuiessa, a new genus of brachypterous Mezirinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae) from China. Zootaxa 4158(1): 146–150. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.1.10. Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: Flat bugs
suomi: Latikat
日本語: ヒラタカメムシ科

Aradidae is a family of flat bugs, and a member of true bugs (Heteroptera). The common name for these insects refers to their dorsoventrally flattened bodies. With few exceptions, these cryptic insects are of no economic importance.

This family occurs worldwide, with the most diversity occurring in Australia.[1]

Temperate species commonly live under the bark of dead trees, while many tropical species are found in leaf litter or on fallen twigs or branches.

Most members of the family are thought to be mycophagous (fungus eating), but little is known of the feeding habits of most species. They can be attracted to the pheromones of bark beetles. Many of the tropical taxa are apterous. Flat bugs are distant relatives of the more familiar stink bugs.
External links

Video of a cryptic Flat Bug (Dysodius Lunatus, Aradidae) on a dead tree bark
International Heteropterist's Society
Checklist of North American Aradidae

"Family Aradidae - Flat Bugs". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2022-04-07.

[1] https://bugguide.net/node/view/9317