Specimen image via iDigBio · CC0
Phymata
Sign in to savePhymata is a genus of assassin bugs belonging to the family Reduviidae, subfamily Phymatinae, commonly called jagged ambush bugs. Their coloration is variable, often helping to camouflage them on the plants where they live. They are predators, found in the Americas and Palaearctic realm.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 10 inbound references to Phymata, and connects out to Phymatinae, Animalia and Americas.
It sits within the topics Cimicomorpha genera, Hemiptera of Europe and Hemiptera of North America.
Vinony links it to 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,761
- With media
- 77
- Family
- Reduviidae
- Collections
- MHNCA, IIZD-UASLP, DUGWAY, UMNH, MSU, MNA
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Brazil
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Phymatinae
- Image
- Reduviidae - Phymata crassipes-1.JPG
Show 4 more facts
- taxon name
- Phymata
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon common name
- Jagged Ambush Bugs
- Commons category
- Phymata
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- Species
- References
Phymata is a genus of assassin bugs belonging to the family Reduviidae, subfamily Phymatinae, commonly called jagged ambush bugs. Their coloration is variable, often helping to camouflage them on the plants where they live. They are predators, found in the Americas and Palaearctic realm.
==Species== Species within this genus include:
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Phymata” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.