Aradus

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
Subfamilia: Aradinae
Genus: Aradus
Species: A. abbas – A. acutus – A. aequalis – A. alaskanus – A. ampliatus – †A. andancensis – A. angularis – A. annulicornis – A. antennalis – A. apicalis – A. approximatus – A. arizonicus – A. aterrimus – A. australis – A. barberi – A. basalis – A. behrensi – A. betulae – A. betulinus – A. bimaculatus – A. blaisdelli – A. borealis – A. brenskei – A. breviatus – A. brevicollis – A. brevicornis – A. brunnicornis – A. canariensis – A. carolinensis – A. caucasicus – A. cedri – A. cincticornis – A. cinnamomeus – A. coarctatus – A. coloradensis – A. compressus – A. concinnus – A. consors – A. conspicuus – A. corticalis – A. crenaticollis – A. crenatus – A. curticollis – A. debilis – A. depictus – A. depressus – A. dissimilis – A. distinctus – A. duzeei – A. erosus – A. evermanni – A. falleni – A. flavicornis – A. froeschneri – A. funestus – A. furnissi – A. furvus – A. fuscipennis – A. fuscomaculatus – A. gaoligongensis – A. gracilicornis – A. gracilis – A. graecus – A. heidemanni – A. hesperius – A. horvathi – A. implanus – A. inopinus – A. inornatus – A. insignitus – A. insolitus – A. intectus – A. intermedius – A. kormilevi – A. krueperi – A. kuthyi – A. laeviusculus – A. lauri – A. lawrencei – A. leachi – A. linsleyi – A. lugubris – A. marginatus – A. medioximus – A. mirus – A. montandoni – A. montanus – A. niger – A. nigrinus – A. obscurus – A. obtectus – A. occidentalis – A. opertaneus – A. orbiculus – A. oregonicus – A. ornatus – A. ovatus – A. oviventris – A. paganicus – A. pallescens – A. pannosus – A. parshleyi – A. parvicornis – A. patibulus – A. persimilis – A. pictus – A. proboscideus – A. quadrilineatus – A. reuterianus – A. ribauti – A. robustus – A. saileri – A. saskatchewanensis – A. serbicus – A. serratus – A. shermani – A. signaticornis – A. similis – A. snowi – A. somcheticus – A. stenopterus – A. subruficeps – A. taylori – A. truncatus – A. tuberculifer – A. uniannulatus – A. uniformis – A. usingeri – A. vadosus – A. vandykei – A. versicolor – †A. macrosomus
Name

Aradus Fabricius, 1803
References

Bai, X.; Heiss, E.; Cai, W. 2010: New records, a synonymy and a new species of Aradus Fabricius, 1803 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae) from China. Zootaxa, 2388: 59–68. Preview
Heiss, E. 2001. Designierung von Lectotypen der von C. F. Fallén, 1807 beschriebenen Aradidae (Het., Aradidae). Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte 45: 47–50. full article zobodat. Reference page.
Marchal, L.; Guilbert, E.; Brisac, P.; Nel, A. 2011: A new record and a new species of Aradidae fossils (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Zootaxa, 2832: 56–62. Preview
Vásárhelyi, T. 1988: New Palaearctic Aradus species in the betulae-group (Heteroptera, Aradidae). Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici 80: 57-63. full article (pdf). Reference page.

Aradus is a genus of true bugs in the family Aradidae, the flat bugs. It is distributed worldwide, mainly in the Holarctic.[1] There are around 200[2] or more[1] species in the genus.

Most Aradus feed on fungi, often in dead trees.[3] Some species are pyrophilous, associating with burned habitat such as forests after wildfires. They feed on the particular fungi that grow on burnt wood.[2] Examples include A. laeviusculus, which eats fungi growing on burned conifers, and Aradus gracilis, which occurs in large numbers on burned South Florida slash pine (Pinus elliottii var. densa).[3]

Species include:
Aradus sp., adult
Aradus flavicornis

Aradus abbas
Aradus acutus
Aradus aequalis
Aradus alaskanus
Aradus ampliatus
Aradus antennalis
Aradus apicalis
Aradus approximatus
Aradus arizonicus
Aradus barberi
Aradus basalis
Aradus behrensi
Aradus betulae
Aradus blaisdelli
Aradus borealis
Aradus breviatus
Aradus brevicornis
Aradus brunnicornis
Aradus carolinensis
Aradus cincticornis
Aradus coarctatus
Aradus coloradensis
Aradus compressus
Aradus concinnus
Aradus consors
Aradus crenatus
Aradus curticollis
Aradus debilis
Aradus depictus
Aradus duzeei
Aradus evermanni
Aradus falleni
Aradus froeschneri
Aradus funestus
Aradus furnissi
Aradus furvus
Aradus fuscipennis
Aradus fuscomaculatus
Aradus gracilicornis
Aradus gracilis
Aradus hesperius
Aradus implanus
Aradus inornatus
Aradus insignitus
Aradus insolitus
Aradus intectus
Aradus intermedius
Aradus kormilevi
Aradus lawrencei
Aradus leachi
Aradus linsleyi
Aradus lugubris
Aradus marginatus
Aradus medioximus
Aradus montanus
Aradus occidentalis
Aradus opertaneus
Aradus orbiculus
Aradus oregonicus
Aradus ornatus
Aradus ovatus
Aradus oviventris
Aradus paganicus
Aradus pannosus
Aradus parshleyi
Aradus parvicornis
Aradus patibulus
Aradus persimilis
Aradus proboscideus
Aradus quadrilineatus
Aradus robustus
Aradus saileri
Aradus saskatchewanensis
Aradus serratus
Aradus shermani
Aradus signaticornis
Aradus similis
Aradus snowi
Aradus subruficeps
Aradus taylori
Aradus tuberculifer
Aradus uniannulatus
Aradus uniformis
Aradus vadosus
Aradus vandykei

References

Larivière, M. C. and A. Larochelle. (2006). An overview of flat bug genera (Hemiptera, Aradidae) from New Zealand, with considerations on faunal diversification and affinities. Festschrift zum 70, 181-214. pg. 190.
Schmitz, A., et al. (2010). Distribution and functional morphology of photomechanic infrared sensilla in flat bugs of the genus Aradus (Heteroptera, Aradidae). Arthropod Structure & Development 39(1), 17-25.
Deyrup, M. and J. G. Mosley. (2004). Natural history of the flat bug Aradus gracilicornis in fire-killed pines (Heteroptera: Aradidae). Florida Entomologist 87(1), 79-81.