Micracanthia Explained

Micracanthia is a genus of shore bugs in the family Saldidae. There are about 15 described species in Micracanthia.

Species

These 15 species belong to the genus Micracanthia:

• Micracanthia bergrothi (Jakovlev, 1893)
• Micracanthia drakei Cobben, 1960
• Micracanthia fennica (Reuter, 1884)
• Micracanthia floridana Drake & Chapman, 1953
• Micracanthia hodgdeni Drake, 1955
• Micracanthia humilis (Say, 1832)
• Micracanthia hungerfordi (Hodgden, 1949)
• Micracanthia husseyi Drake & Chapman, 1952
• Micracanthia marginalis (Fallén, 1807)
• Micracanthia ornatula (Reuter, 1881)
• Micracanthia peruviana Cobben, 1986
• Micracanthia pumpila Blatchley, 1928
• Micracanthia quadrimaculata (Champion, 1900)
• Micracanthia schuhi Lattin, 1968
• Micracanthia utahensis Drake & Hottes, 1955

Further reading

• Catalog and bibliography of Leptopodomorpha (Heteroptera). 1987. Schuh . Randall T.. Galil . Bella. Polhemus . John T.. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 185. 243–406. 2246/970. free.
• Book: Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 1: Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha and Leptopodomorpha. 1995. Aukema . Berend. Rieger . Christian. The Netherlands Entomological Society. 978-90-71912-12-2.