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Species Arhaphe arguta

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 Pyrrhocoroidea

Family Largidae (Bordered Plant Bugs)

Genus Arhaphe

Species arguta (Arhaphe arguta)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

all US records of A. cicindeloides Walker are based on misidentified specimens of A. arguta(1)(2)

Explanation of Names

Arhaphe arguta (Bliven 1956)

Size

9‒10 mm (1)

Range

AZ‒NM; Mexico(2)

Habitat

mountains, especially canyons along the creeks, but also mountain saddles, surroundings of caves and dams(1)(3)

Remarks

can be quite common in se AZ(1)

Works Cited

1.	Redescription of Pararhaphe and review of Arhaphe (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Largidae) of America north of Mexico Jaroslav L.Stehlik, Petr Kment. 2011. Zootaxa 3058: 35-54.

2.	Review of the genus Arhaphe (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Largidae) with descriptions of nine new species from Central America Jaroslav L Stehlík, Harry Brailovsky. 2016. Zootaxa 4093(4):451 .

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Ron M. on 30 October, 2008 - 8:31pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, Vox Sciurorum, v belov, metrioptera
Last updated 26 September, 2023 - 9:05pm

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