Biology:Phymata

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Short description: Genus of true bugs

Phymata
Reduviidae - Phymata crassipes-male.JPG
Phymata crassipes
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Reduviidae
Subfamily: Phymatinae
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]

Species

Species within this genus include:[3]

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". https://nature.mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/ambush-bugs. Retrieved 13 August 2020. 
  3. Catalogue of life

Wikidata ☰ Q10630739 entry