Phymata | |
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Phymata crassipes | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Family: | Reduviidae |
Tribe: | Phymatini |
Genus: | Phymata Latreille, 1802 |
Phymata is a genus of assassin bugs belonging to the family Reduviidae, subfamily Phymatinae, [1] commonly called jagged ambush bugs. They can be a variety of colors, with their coloring helping them camouflage with the plants they live on. They are predators, [2] found in the Americas and Palaearctic realm.
Species within this genus include: [3]