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Species Ceraleptus americanus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Works Cited
Ceraleptus americanus - female Ceraleptus americanus - female Ceraleptus americanus - female Ceraleptus americanus - female Ceraleptus americanus - female Ceraleptus americanus - female Ceraleptus americanus - female Leaf-footed Bug?? - Ceraleptus americanus
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 Pseudophloeinae
Genus Ceraleptus
Species americanus (Ceraleptus americanus)
Explanation of Names
Ceraleptus americanus Stål 1870
Size
9.4-11.1 mm(1)
Range
NY-FL to MO-UT-CA(2)
Works Cited
1.The genus Ceraleptus Costa in the Western Hemisphere
Froeschner R.C. 1963. J. Kans. Ent. Soc. 36: 109-113.
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 v belov on 12 August, 2011 - 9:24pm
Last updated 21 February, 2017 - 5:44pm

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