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Species Phlegyas annulicrus

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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 Phlegyas
Species annulicrus (Phlegyas annulicrus)
Explanation of Names
Phlegyas annulicrus Stål 1869
Identification
A2 ≒ 2.5 × A1 and A2 ≥ 1.20-1.28 × A3.
Compared with abbreviatus, generally much paler, giving a dull straw yellow impression and darker markings usually dark reddish rather than black.(1)
Range
mostly CA-FL-NJ plus a few interior records - Map (2)(3)
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)