Genus Anasa - Squash Bugs

Classification · Numbers · Internet References · Works Cited

Squash bug - Anasa tristis - Anasa tristis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Superfamily Coreoidea

Family Coreidae (Leaf-footed Bugs)

Subfamily Coreinae

Tribe Coreini

Genus Anasa (Squash Bugs)

Numbers

6 spp. in our area, A. armigera and A. tristis being very common(1)

Internet References

University of Florida

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico By Ross H. Arnett

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 28 October, 2005 - 1:29pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 5 September, 2010 - 6:21am

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