Pseudometapterus

Pseudometapterus is a little-known genus of thread-legged bug in the subfamily Emesinae. Members of the genus occur in North America and usually have wings that are extremely small or absent entirely, though a winged form of P. umbrosus is known from Southern Illinois.[1]

Pseudometapterus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hemiptera
Family:
Reduviidae
Subfamily:
Emesinae
Tribe:
Metapterini
Genus:
Pseudometapterus

Wygodzinsky, 1966

Partial species list
  • Pseudometapterus argentinus Berg, 1900)
  • Pseudometapterus butleri Wygodzinsky, 1966
  • Pseudometapterus umbrosus (Blatchley, 1926)
  • Pseudometapterus wygodzinskyi (Elkins, 1953)
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References
  1. J. D. Bradshaw and J. E. McPherson. "Discovery of Macroptery in Pseudometapterus umbrosus (Heteroptera: Reduviidae)" (PDF). Florida Entomologist 84(4) December 2001.


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