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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
An Assassin Bug
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
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)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
)
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
)
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
)
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
)
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
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)
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
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)
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
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)
- Class:
Insecta
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Insects
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
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)
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
)
- Superorder:
Condylognatha
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)
- Order:
Hemiptera
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Heteroptera
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)
- Infraorder:
Cimicomorpha
(
)
- Superfamily:
Reduvoidea
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)
- Family:
Reduviidae
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)
- Latreille, 1807
- Family:
Reduviidae
(
- Superfamily:
Reduvoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Cimicomorpha
(
- Suborder:
Heteroptera
(
- Order:
Hemiptera
(
- Superorder:
Condylognatha
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Class:
Insecta
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
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Last scrutiny: 10-Apr-2007
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Ploiaria
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. carolina (Carolina Assassin Bug) · P. hirticornis (An Assassin Bug)
More Info
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- Search for Scholarly Articles: Google Scholar
- Search using Scientific Name and Vernacular Names: All the Web | AltaVista Canada | AltaVista | Excite | Google | HotBot | Lycos
- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
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- Heteroptera, or true bugs of eastern North America, with especial reference to the faunas of Indiana and Florida, by W.S. Blatchley. .. Indianapolis, The Nature publishing company, 1926. url p. 512, p. 525.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 95.
- The University of Kansas science bulletin. 17 1927 [Lawrence]: University of Kansas, 1902-1996. url descr. of plate xxi, page 290.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2597699
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-107244
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 107244
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IIHEM36020
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 160460
