Biology:Phorticus

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Short description: Genus of true bugs

Phorticus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Nabidae
Subfamily: Prostemmatinae
Genus: Phorticus
Stål, 1860

Phorticus is a genus of damsel bugs in the family Nabidae. There are about eight described species in Phorticus.[1][2][3]

Species

These eight species belong to the genus Phorticus:

  • Phorticus affinis Poppius, 1915
  • Phorticus collaris Stål, 1873 (collared nabid)
  • Phorticus formosanus Poppius, 1915
  • Phorticus socialis Harris
  • Phorticus speciosus Harris
  • Phorticus variegatus Harris
  • Phorticus velutinus Puton, 1895
  • Phorticus viduus Stål, 1860

References

Further reading

  • Péricart, J.; Golub, V. B. (1996). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 2: Cimicomorpha I. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-90-71912-15-3. 
  • Schuh, Randall T.; Weirauch, Christiane; Wheeler, Ward C. (2009). "Phylogenetic relationships within the Cimicomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): a total-evidence analysis". Systematic Entomology 34 (1): 15–48. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00436.x. 

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