Phymata pennsylvanica
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Phymata pennsylvanica | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Family: | Reduviidae |
Genus: | Phymata |
Species: | P. pennsylvanica
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Binomial name | |
Phymata pennsylvanica Handlirsch, 1897
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![Pennsylvania jagged ambush bug (Phymata pennsylvanica)](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Pennsylvania_jagged_ambush_bug_%28Phymata_pennsylvanica%29.jpg/220px-Pennsylvania_jagged_ambush_bug_%28Phymata_pennsylvanica%29.jpg)
![Pennsylvania jagged ambush bug (Phymata pennsylvanica) color variant dorsal view](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Pennsylvania_jagged_ambush_bug_%28Phymata_pennsylvanica%29_-2.jpg/220px-Pennsylvania_jagged_ambush_bug_%28Phymata_pennsylvanica%29_-2.jpg)
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]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Pennsylvania_Ambush_Bug_-_Phymata_pennsylvanica%2C_Point_Pelee_National_Park%2C_Leamington%2C_Ontario.jpg/220px-Pennsylvania_Ambush_Bug_-_Phymata_pennsylvanica%2C_Point_Pelee_National_Park%2C_Leamington%2C_Ontario.jpg)
References
- ^ "Phymata pennsylvanica Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Phymata pennsylvanica". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Phymata pennsylvanica species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "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.
External links
Media related to Phymata pennsylvanica at Wikimedia Commons