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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Leatherbugs (Coreoidea) » Broad-headed Bugs (Alydidae) » Alydinae » Hyalymenus

Genus Hyalymenus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Broad-headed Bug - Hyalymenus longispinus Hyalymenus tarsatus Broad-headed Bug, Alydidae? - Hyalymenus tarsatus Insect - Hyalymenus tarsatus adult Hyalymenus tarsatus - Hyalymenus tarsatus Hyalymenus sp.? - Hyalymenus tarsatus Nymph, Hyalymenus tarsatus? - Hyalymenus Texas bow-legged bug - Hyalymenus tarsatus
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 Coreoidea (Leatherbugs)
Family Alydidae (Broad-headed Bugs)
Subfamily Alydinae
Genus Hyalymenus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
genus needs revision(1)
Explanation of Names
Hyalymenus Amyot & Serville 1843
Numbers
5 spp. in our area(2), 20 spp. in 2 subgenera total(3)
Range
New World, primarily neotropical; in our area, 3 spp. restricted to FL (H. longispinus, H. notatus, H. potens), H. tarsatus CA‒TX,
H. subinermis AZ(2)
Works Cited
1.Key to Florida Alydidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) and selected exotic pest species
Jansen M.A., Halbert S.E. 2016. Insecta Mundi 0476: 1-14.
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.Livermore L.J.R., Lemaître V.A., Dolling W.R., Webb M.D. Coreoidea species file online. Version 5.0
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 27 December, 2005 - 2:00pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 13 October, 2023 - 12:46am

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