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Genus Phymata - Jagged Ambush Bugs

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 Reduviidae - Assassin Bugs
Subfamily Phymatinae - Ambush Bugs
Genus Phymata - Jagged Ambush Bugs

Species albopicta - Phymata albopicta
Species americana - Phymata americana
Subspecies americana - Phymata americana americana
Subspecies coloradensis - Phymata americana coloradensis
Species arctostaphylae - Phymata arctostaphylae
Species borica - Phymata borica
Species fasciata - Phymata fasciata
Species luteomarginata - Phymata luteomarginata
Species luxa - Phymata luxa
Species maculata - Phymata maculata
Species metcalfi - Phymata metcalfi
Species mystica - Phymata mystica
Species noualhieri - Phymata noualhieri
Species pacifica - Phymata pacifica
Species pennsylvanica - Pennsylvania Ambush Bug
Species rossi - Phymata rossi
Species saileri - Phymata saileri
Species stanfordi - Phymata stanfordi
Species vicina - Phymata vicina
No Taxon pennsylvanica or americana
No Taxon americana-type from Florida
No Taxon unsorted western erosa-group spp.
No Taxon nymphs and eggs

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