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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Burrowing Bugs (Cydnidae) » Pangaeus » Pangaeus bilineatus

Species Pangaeus bilineatus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Family Cydnidae (Burrowing Bugs)
Genus Pangaeus
Species bilineatus (Pangaeus bilineatus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cydnus bilineatus Say 1825
Size
body length 5-8 mm
Identification
See guide page for genus--this is apparently the widespread eastern species.
Range
eastern United States west into Great Plains, and through southwest to California (1)
Season
April-May, July-October (North Carolina)
Print References
Slater, pp. 34-35, fig. 28 (1)
Swan and Papp, p. 131, fig. 127E (2)
Brimley, p. 61, lists P. bilineatus and P. uhleri (no longer valid?) for North Carolina (3)
Internet References
Washington, DC Biodiversity--photos
North Carolina State University Entomology Collection cites 245 pinned specimens, including specimens from North Carolina
detailed adult drawing and description in Spanish (Revista mexicana de biodiversidad)
Works Cited
1.How to Know the True Bugs
By Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M.
2.The Common Insects of North America
By Lester A. Swan, Charles S. Papp
3.Insects of North Carolina
By C.S. Brimley
Contributed by Cotinis on 19 February, 2006 - 9:53am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Brad Barnd
Last updated 10 November, 2008 - 4:08pm

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