Carthasis

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Carthasis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Nabidae
Subfamily: Nabinae
Genus:Carthasis
Champion, 1900
Synonyms [1]
  • Orthometrops Uhler, 1901

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

Nabidae family of insects

The insect family Nabidae contains the damsel bugs. There are over 500 species in 20 genera. They are soft-bodied, elongate, winged terrestrial predators. Many damsel bugs catch and hold prey with their forelegs, similar to mantids. They are considered helpful species in agriculture because of their predation on many types of crop pests.

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Species

These five species belong to the genus Carthasis:

Carthasis decoratus is a species of damsel bug in the family Nabidae. It is found in North America.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Carthasis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. ↑ "Carthasis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.

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