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Subfamily Meropachyinae

Merocoris typhaeus? - Merocoris typhaeus Merocoris distinctus Merocoris distinctus Merocoris distinctus (a leaf-footed bug) - Merocoris distinctus Merocoris? - Merocoris Merocoris Merocoris distinctus?  - Merocoris Leaf-footed Bug - Merocoris
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 Coreoidea (Leatherbugs)
Family Coreidae (Leaf-footed Bugs)
Subfamily Meropachyinae
Explanation of Names
Meropachyinae Stål 1868
Numbers
3 spp. of one genus in our area, ~60 spp. in 27 genera total(1)
Range
New World, mostly tropical(1)