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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Lygaeoidea » Pachygronthidae

Family Pachygronthidae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Internet References · Works Cited
Oedancala dorsalis Oedancala Bug - Oedancala Phlegyas abbreviatus? - Phlegyas abbreviatus Plant Bug? - Oedancala dorsalis Hemip 3 - Phlegyas abbreviatus Oedancala dorsalis Insect - Oedancala dorsalis
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 Pachygronthidae
Explanation of Names
Pachygronthidae Stål 1865
from Pachygrontha 'thick fist'
Numbers
2 subfamilies, with 7 spp. in 3 genera in our area and ~80 spp. in 14 genera total(1)(2)
Range
worldwide (mostly tropical/subtropical regions)(1); in our area, across the east & south, 3 spp. reach Canada
Internet References
good outlook here
Works Cited
1.Zoological catalogue of Australia: Hemiptera: Heteroptera (Pentatomomorpha)
Cassis G., Gross G.F. 2002. CSIRO Publishing, 751 pp.
2.Dellapé P.M., Henry T.J. (2016‒) Lygaeoidea species file
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 8 March, 2006 - 2:32pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Ted Kropiewnicki, v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 13 October, 2023 - 5:44pm

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