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Superfamily Pyrrhocoroidea

Assassin Bug? - Largus black and red/orange stink bug - Largus californicus Shining Metalic Black to Blue Beetle with Red Crescent - Largus Black & orange bug - Largus cinctus Arizona True Bug  Mixed Developmental Cluster - for ID - Largus Some kind of True Bug - Dysdercus andreae Largus succinctus fifth-instar nymph (used for article on rearing) - Largus succinctus Female, Arhaphe arguta? - Arhaphe arguta - female
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 Pyrrhocoroidea
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
sister group to the Coreoidea(1)
Numbers
2 families, with 32 spp. in 10 genera in our area(2) and ~450 spp. in 46 genera worldwide(1)
Range
worldwide(1)
Works Cited
1.Biodiversity of the Heteroptera
Henry T.J. 2009. In: Foottit R.G., Adler P.H., eds. Insect biodiversity: Science and society. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell: 223−263.
2.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.