Biology:Phymata pennsylvanica

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Short description: Species of true bug

Phymata pennsylvanica
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Reduviidae
Genus: Phymata
Species:
P. pennsylvanica
Binomial name
Phymata pennsylvanica
Handlirsch, 1897
Pennsylvania jagged ambush bug (Phymata pennsylvanica)
Pennsylvania jagged ambush bug (Phymata pennsylvanica)
Pennsylvania jagged ambush bug (Phymata pennsylvanica) color variant dorsal view
Pennsylvania jagged ambush bug (Phymata pennsylvanica) color variant dorsal view

Phymata pennsylvanica, known generally as the Pennsylvania ambush bug or Pennsylvania jagged ambush bug, is a species of ambush bug in the family Reduviidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3] It is known to prey on a common hoverfly, Syritta pipiens.[4]

Pennsylvania ambush bug, Phymata pennsylvanica

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. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q10630753 entry