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Genus Heterogaster

Which plant bug is this? - Heterogaster urticae

Heterogastrid on Stinging Nettle - Heterogaster behrensii

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 Lygaeoidea

Family Heterogastridae

Genus Heterogaster

Explanation of Names

Heterogaster Schilling 1829

Numbers

3 spp. (of which one adventive) in our area, 11 worldwide(1)(2)

Range

in our area, LA-TX + Pacific Coast

Works Cited

1.	Heterogaster urticae (Hemiptera: Heterogastridae), a new alien species and family to New Zealand Scudder G.G.E., Eyles A.C. 2003. The Weta 25: 8-13.

2.	Establishment of the Palearctic Heterogaster urticae (F.) (Hemiptera: Lygaeoidea: Heterogastridae) in North America... Wheeler A.G., Hoebeke E.R. 2013. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 115: 189-196.

Contributed by v belov on 28 January, 2012 - 11:46am
Last updated 8 November, 2013 - 10:19pm

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