Phymata

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Phymata
Reduviidae - Phymata crassipes-male.JPG
Phymata crassipes
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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

Species within this genus include: [3]

Phymata sp. eggs Phymata eggs.jpg
Phymata sp. eggs

References

  1. Putshkov P.V., Putshkov V.G., 1996 - Family Reduviidae - Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region
  2. "Ambush Bugs". Missouri Department of Conservation. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  3. Catalogue of life