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Subfamily Prostemmatinae

True Bug - Pagasa fusca UID BUG - Pagasa fusca bug - Pagasa fusca Bug - Pagasa Unusual Assassin - Alloeorhynchus trimacula Damsel Bug - Pagasa fusca Pagasa fusca Pagasa fusca? - Pagasa
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.