Potamiaena aurifera

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Potamiaena aurifera
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Rhyparochromidae
Tribe: Drymini
Genus: Potamiaena
Distant, 1910
Species:
P. aurifera
Binomial name
Potamiaena aurifera
Distant, 1910

Potamiaena genus of seed bugs in the tribe Drymini (family Rhyparochromidae), erected by William Lucas Distant in 1910. There is a single species: Potamiaena aurifera, found in India and Southeast Asia. [1] [2]

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References

  1. "Potamiaena". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  2. Dellapé, Pablo M.; Henry, Thomas J. (2021). "genus Potamiaena Distant, 1910". Lygaeoidea Species File. Retrieved 2021-10-05.