Subfamily Prostemmatinae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Print References · Works Cited

Damsel, Assassin, or ??? - Alloeorhynchus trimacula

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 Cimicomorpha

Family Nabidae (Damsel Bugs)

Subfamily Prostemmatinae

Explanation of Names

Prostemmatinae Reuter 1890

Numbers

10 spp. in 3 genera of 2 tribes (Phorticini represented by a single sp.) in our area(1)

Range

mostly southern(1)

Print References

Henry T.J. & J. Brambila (2003) First report of the neotropical damsel bug Alloeorhynchus trimacula (Stein) in the United States, with new records for two other nabid species in Florida (Heteroptera: Nabidae: Prostemmatinae). Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 105: 801-808 (Full text)

Works Cited

1.	Three new species, notes and new records of poorly known species, and an updated checklist for the North American Nabidae... Kerzhner I.M., Henry T.J. 2008. Proc. Ent Soc. Wash. 110: 988–1011.

Contributed by v belov on 16 December, 2010 - 11:22am
Last updated 17 January, 2014 - 11:58am

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