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Genus Phorticus

Phorticus collaris Stål - Phorticus collaris

Phorticus collaris from North Central Texas - Phorticus collaris

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 Prostemmatinae

Genus Phorticus

Explanation of Names

Phorticus Stål 1860

Numbers

a single species in our area(1)

Range

pantropical genus(2); in our area, se. US(1)

Remarks

our only representative of the tribe Phorticini Kerzhner 1971, that contains just over 30 spp. in 2 genera

Works Cited

1.	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.

2.	True Bugs of the World (Hemiptera:Heteroptera): Classification and Natural History Randall T. Schuh & James Alexander Slater. 1995. 1995. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 20 February, 2009 - 2:20pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 9 October, 2023 - 7:10pm

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