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Species Homaemus proteus

small beetle - Homaemus proteus Homaemus proteus (Germar) - Homaemus proteus Scutellerid - Homaemus proteus Scutellerid - Homaemus proteus Homaemus proteus - female Shieldbug - Homaemus proteus Bug in the blackeyed susan seeds - Homaemus proteus Homaemus? - Homaemus proteus
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 Pentatomoidea
Family Scutelleridae (Shield-backed Bugs)
Subfamily Pachycorinae
Genus Homaemus
Species proteus (Homaemus proteus)
Explanation of Names
Homaemus proteus Stål 1862
Range
so. US (s.CA-TX, FL) to Columbia - Map (1)(2), most records sw US to Mex.
Food
On Parthenium (Asteraceae) and Lantana (Verbenaceae)(3)