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Species Phymata mystica

Phymata with moth prey - Phymata mystica

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 Phymatinae (Ambush Bugs)

Genus Phymata (Jagged Ambush Bugs)

Species mystica (Phymata mystica)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Phymata fasciata mystica; species status restored in (1)

Explanation of Names

Phymata mystica Evans 1931

Size

♂ 7.7–8.7 mm, ♀ 8.6–9.7 mm(1)

Range

se US (NC-TN-FL-LA; rare outside FL)(1); the Bahamas(2)

Works Cited

1.	Taxonomic revision of the Nearctic erosa species group of Phymata Latreille, 1802 (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Phymatinae) Masonick P., Weirauch C. 2020. Can. J. Arthropod Identification 41: 90 pp.

2.	Texas A&M University Insect Collection (TAMUIC)

Contributed by v belov on 30 April, 2021 - 5:40pm

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