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Species Oedancala crassimana

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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 Lygaeoidea
Family Pachygronthidae
Genus Oedancala
Species crassimana (Oedancala crassimana)
Explanation of Names
Oedancala crassimana (Fabricius 1803)
crassimana = 'thick-armed'
Identification
apical corial margin with dark spot, sometimes faint (vs immaculate in other spp.)(1)
Range
se US to NY (TX-FL-NY, OK-AR) / W. Indies - Map (1)(2)(3)
Habitat
very common in damp marshy habitats in FL(1)
See Also
Oedancala bimaculata (Distant)
- Range: southmost TX to S. Amer.
Det. M. A. Quinn, 2023
Works Cited
1.The Lygaeidae of Florida (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae).
Slater & Baranowski. 1990. Florida Dept. of Ag. and Consumer Services, Gainesville. xv + 211 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.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Tim Loh on 18 February, 2009 - 2:14pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 12 March, 2023 - 9:13pm

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