Aenictopecheidae Explained

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.^[1]

Genera

• Aenictocoris
• Aenictopechys
• Australostolus
• Boreostolus
• †Cretocephalus (Cenomanian, Burmese Amber, Myanmar)^[2]
• Gamostolus
• Lomagostus
• Maoristolus
• Murphyanella
• Nymphocoris
• Timahocoris
• Tornocrusus

Notes

1. Triplehorn, C. and Johnson, N.: "Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects, 7th Ed.", page 288. Brooks/Cole, 2005.
2. Luo . J. . Xie . Q. . A new Aenictopecheidae from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Insecta: Hemiptera) . 2022 . Cretaceous Research . 138 . Article 105270 . 10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105270 . 249581534 .