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Species Anasa scorbutica

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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 Coreoidea (Leatherbugs)
Family Coreidae (Leaf-footed Bugs)
Subfamily Coreinae
Tribe Hypselonotini
Genus Anasa (Squash Bugs)
Species scorbutica (Anasa scorbutica)
Other Common Names
Squash Bug (1)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Anasa scorbutica (Fabricius)
Orig. Comb: Cimex scorbuticus Fabricius, 1775
Explanation of Names
scorbuticus (ML). 'scurvy' (2)
Size
12-14 mm(3)
Identification
Range
OK-TX & FL - Map (3)(4)(5)(1), widespread neotropical sp., most US records from FL
Food
recorded hosts include squash, Luffa cylindrica, tomato, Momordica charantia(3)(6)
Works Cited
1.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
2.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
3.Coreidae of Florida (Hemiptera, Heteroptera).
Baranowski, R.M. and J.A. Slater. 1986. Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas. Vol. 12, no. 630. viii + 82 pp.
4.Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States
Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.
5.Catalog of the Coreidae, or Leaf-Footed Bugs, of the New World
Richard Packauskas. 2010. Fort Hays State University.
6.Heteroptera of economic importance
Schaefer C.W., Panizzi A.R. (eds). 2000. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 828 pp.