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Species Metatropiphorus belfragii

Metatropiphorus? - Metatropiphorus belfragii

Assassin bug - Metatropiphorus belfragii - female

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

Species belfragii (Metatropiphorus belfragii)

Explanation of Names

Metatropiphorus belfragii Reuter 1872

named after Gustave W. Belfrage

Size

6–7 mm (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(1)

Det. V. Belov, 2009

Range

e US, s. Ont. (MA-ON-IA to FL-TX) - Map (2)(3)

Remarks

Type Locality: Texas

Works Cited

1.	How to Know the True Bugs Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M. 1978. Wm. C. Brown Company.

2.	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.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by v belov on 20 March, 2009 - 9:25am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, anitagould, Mike Quinn
Last updated 6 July, 2023 - 3:21pm

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