Prostemmatinae is a subfamily of damsel bugs in the family
Nabidae
The insecta, insect family (biology), family Nabidae contains the damsel bugs. There are over 500 species in 20 genera. They are soft-bodied, elongate, winged terrestrial predators. Many damsel bugs catch and hold prey with their forelegs, sim ...
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In
America
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, there are at least 13 described species in Prostemmatinae.
Genera
There are two
tribes
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:
Phorticini
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Phorticus
''Phorticus'' is a genus of damsel bugs in the family Nabidae
The insect family Nabidae contains the damsel bugs. There are over 500 species in 20 genera. They are soft-bodied, elongate, winged terrestrial predators. Many damsel bugs catch ...
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Stål, 1860
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Rhamphocoris''
Kirkaldy, 1901
Prostemmatini
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Alloeorhynchus
''Alloeorhynchus'' is a genus of damsel bugs in the family Nabidae
The insecta, insect family (biology), family Nabidae contains the damsel bugs. There are over 500 species in 20 genera. They are soft-bodied, elongate, winged terrestrial pr ...
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Fieber, 1860
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Pagasa
Pagasa may refer to:
* ''Pagasa'' (genus), an insect genus in the family Nabidae
* PAGASA, an acronym for the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
*"May Pagasa", a pen-name of José Rizal
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Stål, 1862
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Prostemma''
Laporte, 1832
References
* Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. (1988). ''Catalog of the Heteroptera, True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States''. Brill Academic Publishers.
Further reading
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External links
NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Prostemmatinae
Nabidae
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