Arhaphe is a genus of bordered plant bugs in the family Largidae. There are 26 described species in Arhaphe. The genus is one of a small number of hemipterans known to possess a sound-producing stridulitrum, in which the hind femur is rubbed against the costal margin of the forewings.
↑Jaroslav L. Stehlík, Harry Brailovsky (2016) Review of the genus Arhaphe (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Largidae) with descriptions of nine new species from Central America. Zootaxa 4093(4):451-79. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4093.4.1.
↑Lattin, JD (1958) A stridulatory mechanism in Arhaphe cicindeloides Walker (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pyrrhocoridae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 34: 217-219.
Further reading
Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian, eds. (2001). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 4: Pentatomorpha I: Aradidae, Lygaeidae, Piesmatidae, Malcidae, Berytidae, Colobathristidae, Largidae, Pyrrhocoridae. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN978-90-71912-21-4.