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Species Prytanes confusa

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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 Rhyparochromidae (Dirt-colored Seed Bugs)
Subfamily Rhyparochrominae
Tribe Myodochini
Genus Prytanes
Species confusa (Prytanes confusa)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Prytanes confusa (Barber)
Orig. Comb: Exptochiomera confusa Barber 1953
confusus - (1)
Identification

Det. Brad Barnd, 2022
ID confirmed from specimen, now a photo-voucher.
Range
TX-LA, FL / Mex. to Ecuador / W. Indies - Map (2)(1)(3), mostly c. TX to s. Mex.
Remarks
Type Locality: Texas
Print References
Barber, H.G. (1953) A second revision of the genus Ptochiomera Say & its allies (Hemiptera, Lygaeidae). Proc. ent. Soc. Wash. 55: 19–27.
Internet References
Prytanes confusa (Barber, 1953) - Lygaeoidea Species File (LSF)
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.A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World.
Slater, J.A. 1964. University of Connecticut, Storrs. xviii + 1668 pp.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by v belov on 3 August, 2009 - 9:54pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 26 January, 2023 - 10:36am

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