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Phymata pennsylvanica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Reduviidae
Genus:	Phymata
Species:	P. pennsylvanica
Binomial name
Phymata pennsylvanica Handlirsch, 1897

Phymata pennsylvanica, known generally as the Pennsylvania ambush bug or Pennsylvania jagged ambush bug, is a species of ambush bug in the family Reduviidae. It is found in North America. It is known to prey on a common hoverfly, Syritta pipiens.

Gallery

• Pennsylvania jagged ambush bug (Phymata pennsylvanica)
• Pennsylvania jagged ambush bug (Phymata pennsylvanica) color variant dorsal view
• Pennsylvania ambush bug, Phymata pennsylvanica, dorsal view

References

1. "Phymata pennsylvanica Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Phymata pennsylvanica". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Phymata pennsylvanica species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
4. "Syritta pipiens (Linnaeus 1758) - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2019-11-20.

Further reading

• Péricart, J.; Golub, V. B. (1996). Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian (eds.). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 2: Cimicomorpha I. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-90-71912-15-3.

External links

• Media related to Phymata pennsylvanica at Wikimedia Commons

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