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Genus Himacerus

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Cimicomorpha
Family Nabidae (Damsel Bugs)
Subfamily Nabinae
Tribe Nabini
Genus Himacerus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Anaptus Kerzhner 1968 (valid subgenus)
Explanation of Names
Himacerus Wolff 1811
Numbers
2 spp. (both adventive) in 2 subgenera in our area(1)
Range
native to the Palaearctic; H. (Anaptus) major established in the northeast and along the Pacific (BC‒CA); H. (s.str.) apterus[/URL] reported from NS(1), present in PNW & ID (BG data)
Works Cited
1.Three new species, notes and new records of poorly known species, and an updated checklist for the North American Nabidae...
Kerzhner I.M., Henry T.J. 2008. Proc. Ent Soc. Wash. 110: 988–1011.