Family Anthocoridae
(minute pirate bugs)

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Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

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  Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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  Eumetazoa (metazoans)
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  Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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  Protostomia (protostomes)
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  Ecdysozoa
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  Phylum Arthropoda (crustaceans, insects, spiders, and relatives)
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  Uniramia
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  Subphylum Hexapoda
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  Class Insecta (insects)
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  Subclass Pterygota (winged insects)
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  Superorder Neoptera
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  Order Hemiptera (true bugs)
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  Heteroptera (true bugs)
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  Family Anthocoridae (minute pirate bugs)
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  Genus Acompocoris
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  Genus Alofa
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  Genus Amphiareus
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  Genus Anthocoris
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  Genus Calliodis
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  Genus Cardiastethus
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  Genus Coccivora
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  Genus Dufouriellus
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  Genus Elatophilus
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  Genus Lasiochilus
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  Genus Lyctocoris
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  Genus Macrothacheliella
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  Genus Melanocoris
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  Genus Nidicola
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  Genus Orius
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  Genus Paratriphleps
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  Genus Physopleurella
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  Genus Plochiocoris
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  Genus Scoloposcelis
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  Genus Solenonotus
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  Genus Temnostethus
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  Genus Tetraphleps
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  Genus Xylocoris