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Species Melanaethus pensylvanicus

Small Bug - Melanaethus pensylvanicus Cydnid - Melanaethus pensylvanicus
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 Cydnidae (Burrowing Bugs)
Subfamily Cydninae
Tribe Geotomini
Genus Melanaethus
Species pensylvanicus (Melanaethus pensylvanicus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Melanaethus pensylvanicus (Signoret, 1883)
Size
3.3 to 3.6 mm (1)
Range
Eastern US, from Maryland south to Florida, west to Nebraska & Louisiana. (1)
Works Cited
1.The Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera) of Northeastern North America
J.E. McPherson. 1982. Southern Illinois University Press.
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 7 June, 2015 - 11:35pm

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