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Species Himacerus major - Grey Damsel Bug

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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 Nabidae (Damsel Bugs)
Subfamily Nabinae
Tribe Nabini
Genus Himacerus
Species major (Grey Damsel Bug)
Explanation of Names
Himacerus (Anaptus) major Costa 1842
Size
7.5-9.0 mm(1)
Identification
visual identification clues include apical darkening of the femora and pale connexiva contrasting with the dark hemelytra (Dan Swanson's comments)
Range
adventive in both ne. NA (NS-ON to PA) and nw. NA (BC-CA) - Map (2)(3)(4), native to the Palaearctic
Remarks
earliest NA record: OR 1931(3)
Internet References
British Bugs (Bantock & Botting 2010)(1)
Works Cited
1.Bantock T., Botting J. (2010‒) British Bugs, an online identification guide to UK Hemiptera
2.Three new species, notes and new records of poorly known species, and an updated checklist for the North American Nabidae...
Kerzhner I.M., Henry T.J. 2008. Proc. Ent Soc. Wash. 110: 988–1011.
3.Alien true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in Canada: composition and adaptations
Scudder G.G.E., Foottit R.G. 2006. Can. Entomol. 138: 24-51.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 9 November, 2008 - 6:14pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 5 July, 2023 - 10:14am

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