Biology:Pontanus (bug)

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Short description: Genus of true bugs

Pontanus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Tingidae
Genus: Pontanus
Distant, 1902

Pontanus is a genus of lace bugs in the family Tingidae. There are at least four described species in Pontanus.[1]

Species

  • Pontanus accedens (Drake, 1947)
  • Pontanus cafer (Distant, 1902)
  • Pontanus gibbiferus (Walker, 1873)
  • Pontanus puerilis (Drake & Poor, 1936)

References

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9. 
  • McGavin, George C. (1993). Bugs of the World. Facts on File. ISBN 0-8160-2737-4. 
  • Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, vol. 2: Cimicomorpha 1. The Netherlands Entomological Society. 1997. doi:10.1093/aesa/90.6.866. ISBN 90-71912-15-9. 
  • Walker, Francis (1871). Catalogue of the Specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the Collection of the British Museum, pt. IV. British Museum. 
  • Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. 2008. ISBN 978-1402062421. 

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