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Genus Ioscytus

Ioscytus politus (Uhler) - Ioscytus politus Possible shore bug - Ioscytus
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 Leptopodomorpha
Family Saldidae (Shore Bugs)
Subfamily Saldinae
Tribe Saldoidini
Genus Ioscytus
Explanation of Names
Ioscytus Reuter 1912
Numbers
7 spp. in our area(1)
Range
6 spp. western (BC-CA to CO-TX), Ioscytus chapmani McKinnon & Polhemus, Appalachian (OH-KY-VA)(2)
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States
Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.
Contributed by Tim Loh on 13 April, 2011 - 10:02pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 5 September, 2021 - 8:20pm

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