Hyalymenus tarsatus, the Texas bow-legged bug, is a species of broad-headed bug in the family Alydidae.[1][2][3] It is found in Central America, North America, and South America.[2]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Family: | Alydidae |
Genus: | Hyalymenus |
Species: | H. tarsatus
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Binomial name | |
Hyalymenus tarsatus (Fabricius, 1803)
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References
edit- ^ "Hyalymenus tarsatus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
- ^ a b "Hyalymenus tarsatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
- ^ "Hyalymenus tarsatus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
Further reading
edit- Henry, Thomas J.; Froeschner, Richard C., eds. (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. E. J. Brill. pp. xix + 958. ISBN 0-916846-44-X.
- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
- Henry, Thomas J; Froeschner, Richard C (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States. Brill Academic Publishers.
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