Sephina gundlachii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Family: | Coreidae |
Tribe: | Spartocerini |
Genus: | Sephina |
Species: | S. gundlachii |
Binomial name | |
Sephina gundlachii Guérin-Méneville, 1857 | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Sephina gundlachii, the giant milkweed bug, is a species of leaf-footed bug in the family Coreidae. It is found in North America and the Caribbean. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Juan Cristóbal Gundlach was a German-Cuban naturalist and taxonomist.
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Ectecephala laticornis is a species of grass fly in the family Chloropidae.
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Aradus implanus is a species of flat bug in the family Aradidae. It is found in North America.
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