Pelocoris balius
Species of true bug
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Pelocoris balius is a species of creeping water bug in the family Naucoridae. It is found in Florida.[1][2][3] In the Everglades, P. balius is locally common in shorter hydroperiod sites.[4]
| Pelocoris balius | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Naucoridae |
| Genus: | Pelocoris |
| Species: | P. balius |
| Binomial name | |
| Pelocoris balius La Rivers, 1970 | |
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Pelocoris balius was originally described as a subspecies of P. femoratus by Ira La Rivers in 1970,[5] but it was elevated to species by Robert Sites in 2015.[6]
