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Superfamily Pyrrhocoroidea

Largus, on Ricinus communis - Largus cinctus

L. pallidus or L. davisi - Largus davisi

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.

Contributed by v belov on 30 November, 2010 - 1:17pm
Last updated 13 April, 2012 - 4:49am

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