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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Cimicomorpha » Damsel Bugs (Nabidae) » Nabinae » Nabini » Metatropiphorus

Genus Metatropiphorus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Bug 2475 - Metatropiphorus belfragii Nabid - Metatropiphorus belfragii Damsel Bug - Metatropiphorus belfragii Belfrage's Damsel Bug - Metatropiphorus belfragii Pennsylvania True Bug for ID - Metatropiphorus belfragii Damsel Bug - Metatropiphorus belfragii Metatropiphorus belfragii Metatropiphorus belfragii? - Metatropiphorus belfragii
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 Metatropiphorus
Explanation of Names
Metatropiphorus Reuter 1872
Numbers
A single species in our area(1)
Identification
Very long first antennomere (at least twice as long as the head), no closed cells on the forewing membrane, rather small (6–7 mm), slender, and dark-colored(2)
Range
e. US & ON(1)
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.How to Know the True Bugs
Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M. 1978. Wm. C. Brown Company.
Contributed by v belov on 20 March, 2009 - 9:18am
Last updated 17 January, 2014 - 12:15pm

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