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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Lygaeoidea » Pachygronthidae » Pachygrontha » Pachygrontha compacta

Species Pachygrontha compacta

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Pachygrontha compacta Distant - Pachygrontha compacta Pachygrontha compacta Distant - Pachygrontha compacta
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 Lygaeoidea
Family Pachygronthidae
Genus Pachygrontha
Species compacta (Pachygrontha compacta)
Explanation of Names
Pachygrontha compacta Distant, 1893
Range
coastal TX to Brazil / W. Indies - (1)(2)(3), as far n. as Houston(4)
Print References
Distant, W.L. (1893) Insecta. Rhynchota. Hemiptera-Heteroptera. Vol. 1. Biol. Cent.-Amer. London (v)-xx, i -xx + 329–462.
Internet References
Lygaeoidea Species File - LSF
iNaturalist
Works Cited
1.A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World.
Slater, J.A. 1964. University of Connecticut, Storrs. xviii + 1668 pp.
2.Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States
Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.
3.Lygaeidae of the West Indies
Baranowski, R.M., and J.A. Slater. 2005. Florida Agricultural Experiment Station; Gainesville.
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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 13 March, 2023 - 8:57pm
Last updated 14 March, 2023 - 10:07am

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