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Genus Hyalymenus

Texas Bow-legged Bug Nymph - Hyalymenus tarsatus Broad-headed Bugs (Alydidae) » Hyalymenus? - Hyalymenus tarsatus Texas Bow-legged Bug - Hyalymenus tarsatus Texas Bow-legged Bug - Hyalymenus tarsatus Ant Mimic Hemiptera? - Hyalymenus tarsatus Bug at Moth Lights - Hyalymenus longispinus Hyalymenus tarsatus nymph - Hyalymenus tarsatus 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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