Biology:Hyalymenus tarsatus

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Short description: Species of true bug

Hyalymenus tarsatus
Texas Bow-legged Bug (Alydidae, Hyalymenus tarsatus) (30613941006).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Alydidae
Genus: Hyalymenus
Species:
H. tarsatus
Binomial name
Hyalymenus tarsatus
(Fabricius, 1803)

Hyalymenus tarsatus, the Texas bow-legged bug, is a species of broad-headed bug in the family Alydidae.[1][2][3] It is found in Central America, North America, and South America.[2]

Texas Bow-legged Bug, ant-mimicking nymph at early instar (Alydidae, Hyalymenus tarsatus) (30613940836).jpg
Texas Bow-legged Bug, ant-mimicking nymph at late instar (Alydidae, Hyalymenus tarsatus) (30613941016).jpg

References

Further reading

  • Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. E. J. Brill. 1988. pp. xix + 958. ISBN 0-916846-44-X. 
  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.. 
  • Henry, Thomas J; Froeschner, Richard C (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States. Brill Academic Publishers.. 

Wikidata ☰ Q10527821 entry