Phymata pennsylvanica

Phymata pennsylvanica, known generally as the Pennsylvania ambush bug or Pennsylvania jagged ambush bug, is a species of ambush bug in the family Reduviidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3] It is known to prey on a common hoverfly, Syritta pipiens.[4]

Pennsylvania ambush bug, Phymata pennsylvanica

Phymata pennsylvanica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Reduviidae
Genus: Phymata
Species:
P. pennsylvanica
Binomial name
Phymata pennsylvanica
Handlirsch, 1897
Pennsylvania jagged ambush bug (Phymata pennsylvanica)
Pennsylvania jagged ambush bug (Phymata pennsylvanica)
Pennsylvania jagged ambush bug (Phymata pennsylvanica) color variant dorsal view
Pennsylvania jagged ambush bug (Phymata pennsylvanica) color variant dorsal view

References

  1. "Phymata pennsylvanica Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. "Phymata pennsylvanica". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. "Syritta pipiens (Linnaeus 1758) - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2019-11-20.

Further reading

  • Péricart, J.; Golub, V. B. (1996). Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian (eds.). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 2: Cimicomorpha I. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-90-71912-15-3.
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