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Genus Anasa - Squash Bugs

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

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

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Family Coreidae (Leaffooted Bugs)

Genus Anasa (Squash Bugs)

Numbers

Nearctica lists six species. Arnett(1) agrees and says two species, A. armigera and A. tristis, are very common.

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
Last updated 31 July, 2006 - 6:52pm

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