''Aradus'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

true bugs Hemiptera (; ) is an order (biology), order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising more than 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, assassin bugs, Cimex, bed bugs, and shield bugs. They ...

in the family

Aradidae Aradidae is a family of true bugs (Heteroptera). Family members are commonly known as flat bugs due to their dorsoventrally flattened bodies. With few exceptions, these cryptic insects are of no economic importance. Aradids are 3 to 11 mm long ...

, the flat bugs. It is distributed worldwide, mainly in the

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.Larivière, M. C. and A. Larochelle. (2006)
An overview of flat bug genera (Hemiptera, Aradidae) from New Zealand, with considerations on faunal diversification and affinities.
''Festschrift zum'' 70, 181-214. pg. 190. There are around 200Schmitz, A., et al. (2010)
Distribution and functional morphology of photomechanic infrared sensilla in flat bugs of the genus ''Aradus'' (Heteroptera, Aradidae).
''Arthropod Structure & Development'' 39(1), 17-25. or more species in the genus. Most ''Aradus'' feed on

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, often in dead

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s.Deyrup, M. and J. G. Mosley. (2004)
Natural history of the flat bug ''Aradus gracilicornis'' in fire-killed pines (Heteroptera: Aradidae).
''Florida Entomologist'' 87(1), 79-81. Some species are pyrophilous, associating with burned habitat such as forests after

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s. They feed on the particular fungi that grow on burnt wood. Examples include '' A. laeviusculus'', which eats fungi growing on burned

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, and '' A. gracilis'', which occurs in large numbers on burned South Florida slash pine (''Pinus elliottii'' var. ''densa''). Species include: Aradus sp

*'' Aradus abbas'' *'' Aradus acutus'' *'' Aradus aequalis'' *'' Aradus alaskanus'' *'' Aradus ampliatus'' *'' Aradus antennalis'' *'' Aradus apicalis'' *'' Aradus approximatus'' *'' Aradus arizonicus'' *'' Aradus barberi'' *'' Aradus basalis'' *'' Aradus behrensi'' *'' Aradus betulae'' *'' Aradus blaisdelli'' *'' Aradus borealis'' *'' Aradus brenskei'' *'' Aradus breviatus'' *'' Aradus brevicornis'' *'' Aradus brunnicornis'' *'' Aradus carolinensis'' *'' Aradus cincticornis'' *'' Aradus coarctatus'' *'' Aradus coloradensis'' *'' Aradus compressus'' *'' Aradus concinnus'' *'' Aradus consors'' *'' Aradus crenatus'' *'' Aradus curticollis'' *'' Aradus debilis'' *'' Aradus depictus'' *''

Aradus duzeei ''Aradus duzeei'' is a species of flat bug in the family Aradidae Aradidae is a family of true bugs (Heteroptera). Family members are commonly known as flat bugs due to their dorsoventrally flattened bodies. With few exceptions, these cryptic ...

'' *'' Aradus evermanni'' *'' Aradus falleni'' *'' Aradus froeschneri'' *'' Aradus funestus'' *'' Aradus furnissi'' *'' Aradus furvus'' *'' Aradus fuscipennis'' *'' Aradus fuscomaculatus'' *'' Aradus gracilicornis'' *'' Aradus gracilis'' *'' Aradus hesperius'' *'' Aradus implanus'' *'' Aradus inornatus'' *'' Aradus insignitus'' *'' Aradus insolitus'' *'' Aradus intectus'' *'' Aradus intermedius'' *'' Aradus kormilevi'' *'' Aradus lawrencei'' *'' Aradus leachi'' *'' Aradus linsleyi'' *'' Aradus lugubris'' *'' Aradus marginatus'' *'' Aradus medioximus'' *'' Aradus montanus'' *'' Aradus occidentalis'' *''

Aradus opertaneus ''Aradus'' is a genus of hemiptera, true bugs in the family Aradidae, the flat bugs. It is distributed worldwide, mainly in the Holarctic.Larivière, M. C. and A. Larochelle. (2006)An overview of flat bug genera (Hemiptera, Aradidae) from New Ze ...

'' *'' Aradus orbiculus'' *'' Aradus oregonicus'' *'' Aradus ornatus'' *'' Aradus ovatus'' *'' Aradus oviventris'' *'' Aradus paganicus'' *'' Aradus pannosus'' *'' Aradus parshleyi'' *'' Aradus parvicornis'' *'' Aradus patibulus'' *'' Aradus persimilis'' *'' Aradus proboscideus'' *'' Aradus quadrilineatus'' *'' Aradus robustus'' *'' Aradus saileri'' *'' Aradus saskatchewanensis'' *'' Aradus serratus'' *'' Aradus shermani'' *'' Aradus signaticornis'' *'' Aradus similis'' *'' Aradus snowi'' *'' Aradus subruficeps'' *'' Aradus taylori'' *'' Aradus tuberculifer'' *'' Aradus uniannulatus'' *'' Aradus uniformis'' *'' Aradus vadosus'' *'' Aradus vandykei''

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''Aradus'' subgenus ''Aradus''
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''Aradus'' subgenus ''Quilnus''.
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Aradidae Pentatomomorpha genera {{Pentatomomorpha-stub