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Genus Parapiesma

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 Piesmatidae (Ash-gray Leaf Bugs)

Genus Parapiesma

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

used to be a subgenus of Piesma

Explanation of Names

Parapiesma Péricart 1974

Numbers

5 spp. in our area, 18 total(1)

Identification

pronotum carinate

Range

Holarctic, incl. most of NA(2)

Works Cited

1.	Dellapé P.M., Henry T.J. (2016) Lygaeoidea species file. Version 5.0

2.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.

Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 2 January, 2009 - 6:16pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 19 July, 2021 - 6:43pm

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