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Ploiaria hirticornis

(An Assassin Bug)

Overview

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Vulnerable

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 () - 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 () - Heymons, 1901
        Superclass: Panhexapoda ()
        Epiclass: Hexapoda ()
        Class: Insecta () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
        Subclass: Dicondylia ()
        Infraclass: Pterygota ()
        Superorder: Condylognatha ()
        Order: Hemiptera () - C. Linnaeus, 1758
        Suborder: Heteroptera ()
        Infraorder: Cimicomorpha ()
        Superfamily: Reduvoidea ()
        Family: Reduviidae () - Latreille, 1807
        Subfamily: Emesinae ()
        Genus: Ploiaria () - Scopoli, 1786
        Specific name: hirticornis - (Banks, 1909)
        Scientific name: - Ploiaria hirticornis (Banks, 1909)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

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)

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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

Last Revised: 7/16/2012