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Bat Bugs

Polyctenidae

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Polyctenidae
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Trunk
Polyctenidae
Family recognized by GBIF classification, NCBI GGBN GBIF BHL BOLDS data coverage, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, iNaturalist data coverage, GBIF data coverage, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Polyctenidae
Recognized by English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, United States Species List, Insect Wings, and Arthropod Trophic Ecology Data
Polyctenidae Westwood 1874
Family recognized by Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024 and Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Alternative Names

Androctenus
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Eoctenes Kirkaldy 1906
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Hypoctenes Jordan 1922
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Parahesperoctenes Hoffman & Vargas 1947
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Polyctenes Westwood & Gigliola 1864
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Polyctenidae
Harvest ancestor according to Global Biotic Interactions and Global Biotic Interactions

Common Names

English

bat bugs preferred
Recognized by English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa

Chinese

寄蝽科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Navajo; Navaho

Jaaʼabaní biyaʼ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

寄蝽科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

寄蝽科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Polyctenidae

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Pancrustacea
Hexapoda
Insecta
Pterygota
Neoptera
Paraneoptera
Hemiptera
Heteroptera
Cimicomorpha
Cimicoidea
Polyctenidae (this page)
Hesperoctenes
Anthocoridae
Cimicidae
Curaliidae
Mesopentacoridae
Plokiophilidae
Vetanthocoridae

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cimicoidea
Polyctenidae Westwood 1874 (this page)
Hesperocteninae Maa 1964
Polycteninae Westwood 1874
Anthocoridae
Cimicidae Latreille 1802
Curaliidae Schuh, Weirauch & Henry ex Schuh et al. 2008
Nabidae

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Polyctenidae (this page)
Hesperoctenes
Anthocoridae
Cimicidae
Curaliidae
Mesopentacoridae
Plokiophilidae
Vetanthocoridae

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Polyctenidae (this page)
Hesperoctenes
Anthocoridae
Cimicidae
Curaliidae
Mesopentacoridae
Plokiophilidae
Vetanthocoridae

GBIF classification

Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Polyctenidae (this page)
Adroctenes Jordan 1912
Hesperoctenes Kirkaldy 1906
Abascantus Stål 1864
Acanaloniidae
Acanthosomatidae
Achilidae
Achilixiidae
Aclerdidae
Aetalionidae
Aleyrodidae
Anconatus Buckton 1883
Aphalaridae
Aphelocheiridae
Aphididae
Aphrophoridae
Apiomorphidae
Argocoris Mayr 1864
Asterolecaniidae
Beesoniidae
Belostomatidae
Berytidae
Berytinidae
Caliscelidae
Canaphis Heie 2006
Canopidae
Carayonemidae
Carsidaridae
Centrogonia Stål 1869
Ceratocombidae
Cercopidae
Cerococcidae
Colobathristidae
Conchaspididae
Creaphididae
Cryptococcidae
Cryptorhamphidae
Cymidae
Derbidae
Dinidoridae
Dipsocoridae
Discocephala Laporte 1833
Discocera de Laporte 1832
Dracaphididae
Elasmodemidae
Elektraphididae
Epipygidae
Eriosomatidae
Eumenotidae
Eurybrachyidae
Gelastocoridae
Genaphididae
Geocoridae
Geranchon Scudder 1890
Hebridae
Henicocoridae
Hyocephalidae
Ionia Ball 1933
Kermidae
Lacciferidae
Largidae
Lasiochilidae
Macroveliidae
Malcidae
Mesoveliidae
Mesozoicaphididae
Miridae
Naibiidae
Naucoridae
Nicomiidae
Ninidae
Nogodinidae
Notonectidae
Oxycarenidae
Palaeoaphididae
Palaeoforda Kononova 1977
Phacopteronidae
Phymatidae
Pirena Stål 1863
Polyphyma Jakovlev 1877
Reduviidae
Rhombocoris Mayr 1864
Rhopalidae
Rhyparochromidae
Sbenaphis Scudder 1890
Scutelleridae
Shaposhnikoviidae
Stenocephalidae
Sunaphis Hong & Wang 1990
Tajmyraphididae
Termitaphididae
Tessaratomidae
Thaumastocoridae
Thiscia Stål 1860
Tibicinidae
Triassoaphididae
Tropiduchidae
Umbrageocoris
Xilutiancallis Wang 1991
Xiphistes Stål 1866
Xiphostoma Kirby & Spence 1828
Yueaphis Wang 1993
Zygochrimnus
579 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Hexapoda
Insecta
Pterygota
Neoptera
Paraneoptera
Hemiptera Linnaeus 1758
Heteroptera Latreille 1810
Cimicomorpha
Cimicoidea
Polyctenidae Westwood 1874 (this page)
Hesperocteninae Maa 1964
Polycteninae Westwood 1874
Anthocoridae Fieber 1837
Cimicidae Latreille 1802
Curaliidae Schuh, Weirauch & Henry ex Schuh et al. 2008
Nabidae Costa 1853

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Hexapoda
Insecta
Dicondylia
Pterygota
Metapterygota
Neoptera
Eumetabola
Paraneoptera
Hemiptera
Heteroptera
Cimicomorpha
Cimicoidea
Polyctenidae (this page)
Adroctenes
Eoctenes
Hesperoctenes
Hypoctenes
Polyctenes
Cimicidae
Lyctocoridae
Nabidae
Velocipedidae
Vetanthocoridae
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