Species Scaptocoris castanea

Classification · Identification · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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 Scaptocoris

Species castanea (Scaptocoris castanea)

Identification

Scutellum present. Hind legs lack tarsi, flattened. Fore-tibae falcate (1).

Range

Introducted at Charleston, South Carolina from South America, and has spread.

Print References

Slater, p. 33 (1)

Internet References

Literature-based key to genera of Florida Cydnidae

Works Cited

1.	How to Know the True Bugs By Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M.

Contributed by Cotinis on 25 July, 2006 - 7:26am

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