Fitchia (bug)

Fitchia
Fitchia aptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Hemiptera
Family:Reduviidae
Subfamily:Harpactorinae
Genus:Fitchia
Stal, 1859

Fitchia is a genus of assassin bugs in the family Reduviidae. There are at least two described species in Fitchia.[1][2][3]

ITIS Taxonomic note:[2]

  • Apparently a 'parahomonym' of (different kingdom, same name as) vascular plant genus Fitchia Hook. f.[2]
Fitchia aptera

Species

References

  1. "Fitchia Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  2. 1 2 3 "Fitchia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  3. "Fitchia Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-10.

Further reading

  • Henry, Thomas J.; Froeschner, Richard C., eds. (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. E. J. Brill. ISBN 0-916846-44-X.
  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
  • Henry, Thomas J.; Froeschner, Richard C. (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States. Brill Academic Publishers.


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