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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Lygaeoidea » Blissidae » Ischnodemus » Myakka Bug (Ischnodemus variegatus)

Species Ischnodemus variegatus - Myakka Bug

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Food · Remarks · Print References
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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 Blissidae
Genus Ischnodemus
Species variegatus (Myakka Bug)
Explanation of Names
Ischnodemus variegatus (Signoret 1857)
Range
native to Central and South America; adventive in our area (FL only)[cite:185010]
Habitat
Marshes with Hymenachne amplexicaulis
Food
Feeds on Hymenachne amplexicaulis, an invasive marsh grass.
Remarks
first collected in the US in Sarasota Co., FL 21.ix.2000
Print References
Brambila J., Santana F. (2004) First records for Ischnodemus variegatus (Hemiptera: Blissidae) in North America. Florida Entomologist 87: 585-586 (Full text)
Contributed by Sean McCann on 20 October, 2006 - 7:30pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 15 September, 2019 - 7:27pm

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