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Species Patapius spinosus

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 Leptopodidae (Spiny-Legged Bugs)

Genus Patapius

Species spinosus (Patapius spinosus)

Explanation of Names

Patapius spinosus (Rossi 1790)

Range

native to Europe, adventive in NA (Pacific Coast to ID-NV-TX)(1)(2)(Brothers 1979)

Habitat

mostly wet areas, but can be found far from water in semiarid conditions(2)

Works Cited

1.	Alien true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in Canada: composition and adaptations Scudder G.G.E., Foottit R.G. 2006. Can. Entomol. 138: 24-51.

2.	Biodiversity of the Heteroptera Henry T.J. 2009. In: Foottit R.G., Adler P.H., eds. Insect biodiversity: Science and society. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell: 223−263.

Contributed by v belov on 1 February, 2012 - 8:16pm
Last updated 8 May, 2013 - 4:01pm

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