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Barce
Genus
Barce
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
Cimicomorpha
Family
Reduviidae (Assassin Bugs)
Subfamily
Emesinae (Thread-legged Bugs)
Tribe
Metapterini
Genus
Barce
Explanation of Names
Barce
Stål 1866
Numbers
6 spp. in our area, 7 total
(
1
)
(
2
)
Size
7‒13 mm
(
2
)
Range
New World, mostly nearctic
(
2
)
Works Cited
1.
Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States
Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.
2.
A monograph of the Emesinae (Reduviidae, Hemiptera)
Pedro W. Wygodzinsky. 1966. New York : [American Museum of Natural History].
Contributed by
J. D. Bradshaw
on 8 August, 2007 - 9:27pm
Additional contributions by
v belov
Last updated 22 October, 2023 - 8:24pm