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Pseudometapterus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Reduviidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Hemiptera

Subfamily
  
Emesinae

Similar
  
Emesopsis, Ploiaria, Emesaya, Stenolemus, Empicoris

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.

Partial species list

  • Pseudometapterus argentinus Berg, 1900)
  • Pseudometapterus butleri Wygodzinsky, 1966
  • Pseudometapterus umbrosus (Blatchley, 1926)
  • Pseudometapterus wygodzinskyi (Elkins, 1953)
  • References

    Pseudometapterus Wikipedia