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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Leatherbugs (Coreoidea) » Leaf-footed Bugs (Coreidae) » Coreinae » Nematopini » Piezogaster » Piezogaster calcarator

Species Piezogaster calcarator

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Print References · Works Cited
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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 Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily Coreoidea (Leatherbugs)
Family Coreidae (Leaf-footed Bugs)
Subfamily Coreinae
Tribe Nematopini
Genus Piezogaster
Species calcarator (Piezogaster calcarator)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Piezogaster alternatus (Say 1825) [synonymy confirmed in(1)(2)]
Explanation of Names
Piezogaster calcarator (Fabricius 1803)
Size
17-21 mm (Dealy 2000)
Range
e US to CO (NY-FL to MN-CO) - Map (3)(4)
Print References
Dealy B. (2000) A revision of the genus Piezogaster Amyot & Serville (Heteroptera: Coreidae: Nematopodini) and the description of two new species. M.Sc. Thesis, Fort Hays State University, Kansas. iii + 121 pp. (scribd link, Full text)
Works Cited
1.Catalog of the Coreidae, or Leaf-Footed Bugs, of the New World
Richard Packauskas. 2010. Fort Hays State University.
2.Livermore L.J.R., Lemaître V.A., Dolling W.R., Webb M.D. Coreoidea species file online. Version 5.0
3.Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States
Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 29 November, 2005 - 3:24pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, Boris Bueche, v belov
Last updated 22 June, 2023 - 8:37pm

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