Aphanus Explained

Aphanus is a genus of dirt-colored seed bugs in the family Rhyparochromidae. There are more than 20 described species in Aphanus.

Species

These 21 species belong to the genus Aphanus:

• Aphanus carpenteri (Slater, 1964)
• Aphanus oculatus (Germar, 1837)
• Aphanus rolandri Linnaeus, 1758
• Aphanus zucholdi (Giebel *, 1856)
• † Aphanus antiquus (Heyden, 1859)
• † Aphanus boyeri (Hope *, 1847)
• † Aphanus coloratus (Germar & Berendt, 1856)
• † Aphanus contractus Theobald, 1937
• † Aphanus cruciatus (Heer *, 1861)
• † Aphanus detectus (Forster *, 1891)
• † Aphanus dilatatus Theobald, 1937
• † Aphanus dryadum (Heer, 1853)
• † Aphanus grassei (Piton & Theobald, 1935)
• † Aphanus heeri (Giebel *, 1856)
• † Aphanus morio (Heer, 1853)
• † Aphanus nigropedis (Jordan, 1967)
• † Aphanus oblongus (Heer, 1853)
• † Aphanus obsoletus (Heer, 1853)
• † Aphanus petrensis (Scudder, 1890)
• † Aphanus pulchellus (Heer, 1853)
• † Aphanus senius (Germar & Berendt, 1856)