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Genus Sphyrocoris

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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 Pentatomomorpha

Superfamily Pentatomoidea

Family Scutelleridae (Shield-backed Bugs)

Subfamily Pachycorinae

Genus Sphyrocoris

Explanation of Names

Sphyrocoris Mayr 1864

Numbers

monotypic genus(1)

Range

so. US (GA-FL-TX-CA) to Venezuela & Colombia; W. Indies(1)

Works Cited

1.	The genus Sphyrocoris Mayr (Heteroptera: Scutelleridae: Pachycorinae) Eger J.E. 2012. Great Lakes Entomologist 45: 235-250.

Contributed by Tom Bentley on 17 November, 2008 - 12:31pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 3 April, 2013 - 11:10am

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