Neides
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The genus Neides is a small but common Old World
group of stilt bugs; the name has precedence of the junior synonym name Berytus which Fabricius
coined for the same taxon in 1803. It formerly included one North America
n species (Neides muticus), which has been removed to its own genus, Neoneides.
Old World
The Old World consists of those parts of the world known to classical antiquity and the European Middle Ages. It is used in the context of, and contrast with, the "New World" ....
group of stilt bugs; the name has precedence of the junior synonym name Berytus which Fabricius
Johan Christian Fabricius
Johan Christian Fabricius was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others...
coined for the same taxon in 1803. It formerly included one North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
n species (Neides muticus), which has been removed to its own genus, Neoneides.
Species
- Neides aduncus (Fieber, 1859)
- Neides brevipennis Puton, 1895
- Neides gomeranus Heiss, 1978
- Neides tipularius (Linnaeus, 1758)