Enicocephalidae

Unique-headed bugs; Temporal range: Barremian–Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Superfamily:	Enicocephaloidea
Family:	Enicocephalidae; Stål, 1860

Enicocephalidae, also called unique-headed bugs and gnat bugs, are a family of around 300 species of the suborder heteroptera. They are typically 4 mm long, and found throughout the world. They have an elongated head, constricted in places, hence their head is 'unique'.

Systelloderes maclachlani

The are classified into about 47 genera placed in five subfamilies. The family members can be separated from those of the Aenictopecheidae on the basis of the pronotal division into three lobes (except in the genus ). They also show polymorphism with winged males and wingless or short-winged females.^[1]

Genera[]

Genera in the family Enicocephalidae include:

Barber, 1953^{i c g}
Wygodzinsky and Stys, 1970^{i c g}
Kritsky, 1977^{i c g}
Štys, 1982^g
Cockerell, 1917^g
Azar, Fleck, Nel & Solignac, 1999^g
Westwood, 1838^g
^{c g}
^g
Horvath, 1888^g
Jeannel, 1942^g
Uhler, 1892^{i c g}
Villiers, 1958^g
Štys, 1981^g
Usinger, 1939^{i c g}
Stål, 1855^g
Štys, 1969^g
Maldonado-Capriles, Santiago-Blay & Poinar, 1996^g
Štys & Banar, 2009^g
Enderlein, 1904^g
^{c g}
Villiers, 1958^g
Štys, 2010^g
Walker, 1873^g
Systelloderes Blanchard, 1852^{i c g b}
Kritsky, 1977^g
Wygodzinsky & Schmidt, 1991

Data sources: i = ITIS,^[2] c = Catalogue of Life,^[3] g = GBIF,^[4] b = Bugguide.net^[5]

Fossil genera[]

† Luo et al, 2020 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
† Cockerell 1917 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
† Azar et al. 1999 Lebanese amber, Barremian
† Maldonado Capriles et al. 1996 Dominican amber, Miocene
† Cockerell 1917, Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
† Štys 2010 London Clay, United Kingdom, Ypresian

References[]

^ Fernandes, José Antônio Marin; Weirauch, Christiane (2015). "The Unique-Headed Bugs (Enicocephalomorpha)". True Bugs (Heteroptera) of the Neotropics. Entomology in Focus. Vol. 2. pp. 91–98. doi:10.1007/978-94-017-9861-7_4. ISBN 978-94-017-9860-0.
^ "Enicocephalidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
^ "Browse Enicocephalidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
^ "Enicocephalidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
^ "Enicocephalidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-01.

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[1] Fernandes, José Antônio Marin; Weirauch, Christiane (2015). "The Unique-Headed Bugs (Enicocephalomorpha)". True Bugs (Heteroptera) of the Neotropics. Entomology in Focus. Vol. 2. pp. 91–98. doi:10.1007/978-94-017-9861-7_4. ISBN 978-94-017-9860-0.

[itis-2] "Enicocephalidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-01.

[catlife-3] "Browse Enicocephalidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-01.

[gbif-4] "Enicocephalidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-01.

[bugref-5] "Enicocephalidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-01.

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