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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Species Homaemus proteus

Shield Bug - Homaemus proteus Homaemus proteus - female Homaemus proteus - female Bug in the blackeyed susan seeds - Homaemus proteus SBB - Homaemus proteus Scutelleridae - Homaemus proteus Scutellerid - Pachycorinae? - Homaemus proteus Scutellerid - 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)