Biology:Pseudometapterus

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Short description: Genus of true bugs


Pseudometapterus
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Pseudometapterus

Wygodzinsky, 1966

Pseudometapterus is a little-known genus of thread-legged bug in the subfamily Emesinae. Members of the genus occur in North America and usually have wings that are extremely small or absent entirely, though a winged form of P. umbrosus is known from Southern Illinois.[1]

Partial species list

  • Pseudometapterus argentinus Berg, 1900)
  • Pseudometapterus butleri Wygodzinsky, 1966
  • Pseudometapterus umbrosus (Blatchley, 1926)
  • Pseudometapterus wygodzinskyi (Elkins, 1953)

References

  1. J. D. Bradshaw and J. E. McPherson. "Discovery of Macroptery in Pseudometapterus umbrosus (Heteroptera: Reduviidae)". Florida Entomologist 84(4) December 2001. http://www.fcla.edu/FlaEnt/fe84p719.pdf. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7254968 entry