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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Pentatomoidea » Stink Bugs (Pentatomidae) » Pentatominae » Strachiini » Murgantia

Genus Murgantia

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Bug I can't find - Murgantia histrionica Harlequin Bug - Murgantia histrionica - male - female Unknown Blue Bug on Jamaica Caper flower - Murgantia violascens harlequin bug - Murgantia histrionica Harlequin Bug - Murgantia histrionica Harlequin Bug - Murgantia histrionica - nymph emerging - Murgantia histrionica Bug nymph - Murgantia histrionica Bug on a Pole Bean - Murgantia histrionica
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 Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily Pentatomoidea
Family Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)
Subfamily Pentatominae
Tribe Strachiini
Genus Murgantia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Murgantia Stål 1862
Explanation of Names
Murgantia Stål 1862
Numbers
2 spp. in our area(1)
Range
New World; in our area, M. histrionica is widespread, M. violacea in FL only(1)
Works Cited
1.Comparison of male genitalia of Murgantia histrionica, varicolor, and M. violascens (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)
McPherson J.E., Ahmad I. 2008. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 110: 1028-1033.
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Lynette Elliott, v belov
Last updated 6 November, 2019 - 8:42pm

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