Phymata
Phymata | |
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Phymata crassipes | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Family: | Reduviidae |
Subfamily: | Phymatinae |
Genus: | Phymata Latreille, 1802 |
Phymata is a genus of assassin bugs belonging to the family Reduviidae, subfamily Phymatinae,[1] commonly called jagged ambush bugs. They can be a variety of colors, with their coloring helping them camouflage with the plants they live on. They are predators.[2]
Species[]
Species within this genus include:[3]
- Handlirsch, 1897
- Phymata americana Melin, 1930
- Phymata arctostaphylae Van Duzee, 1914
- Phymata borica Evans, 1931
- Phymata crassipes Fabricius, 1775
- Phymata fasciata Gray, 1832
- Handlirsch, 1897
- Kormilev, 1957
- Phymata luxa Evans, 1931
- Kormilev, 1957
- Phymata noualhieri Handlirsch, 1897
- Phymata pacifica Evans, 1931
- Kormilev, 1957
- Phymata pennsylvanica Handlirsch, 1897
- Evans, 1931
- Kormilev, 1957
- Cockerell, 1900
- Handlirsch, 1897
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Phymata_eggs.jpg/220px-Phymata_eggs.jpg)
Phymata sp. eggs
References[]
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- ^ Putshkov P.V., Putshkov V.G., 1996 - Family Reduviidae - Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region
- ^ "Ambush Bugs". Missouri Department of Conservation. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
- ^ Catalogue of life
Categories:
- Reduviidae
- Hemiptera genera
- Hemiptera of Europe
- Hemiptera of North America
- Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille
- Heteroptera stubs