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Homaemus proteus
Species
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
)
Works Cited
1.
Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States
Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.
2.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.
Pentatomoidea Host Index
Contributed by
v belov
on 25 May, 2009 - 9:54pm
Additional contributions by
Mike Quinn
Last updated 13 September, 2023 - 7:58pm