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Cimicomorpha

Assassin bugs, plant bugs, lace bugs, damsel bugs, minute pirate bugs, bed bugs

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Tree from Schuh and Stys, 1991
Containing group: Heteroptera

Other Names for Cimicomorpha

References

Cassis, G. and Gross, G.F. 1995. Hemiptera: Heteroptera (Coleorrhyncha to Cimicomorpha). Catalogues of Australia (ed. by W. W. K. Houston and B. V. Maynard), Vol. 27.3A, pp. 1–506. CSIRO Australia, Melbourne.

Schuh, R.T. and J.A. Slater. 1995. True Bugs of the World (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Classification and Natural History. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York. xii + 336 pp.

Schuh, R.T., and P. Stys. 1991. Phylogenetic analyis of cimicomorphan family relationships (Heteroptera). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 99:298-350.

Weirauch, C. 2008. Cladistic analysis of Reduviidae (Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha) based on morphological characters. Systematic Entomology 33(2):229-274.

Information on the Internet

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Scientific Name Phymata crassipes
Location Slovenia
Comments Assassin bug
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Life Cycle Stage Adult
Copyright © Andrej Gogala
Scientific Name Mecomma ambulans
Location Poland
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Life Cycle Stage Adult
Copyright © 2001-2005
Scientific Name Nabis flavomarginatus
Location Poland
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Life Cycle Stage Adult
Copyright © 2003
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Tree of Life Web Project. 1995. Cimicomorpha. Assassin bugs, plant bugs, lace bugs, damsel bugs, minute pirate bugs, bed bugs. Version 01 January 1995 (temporary). http://tolweb.org/Cimicomorpha/10817/1995.01.01 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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