Pseudometapterus
Genus of true bugs
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Pseudometapterus is a little-known genus of thread-legged bug in the subfamily Emesinae. Members of the genus occur in North America and usually have wings that are extremely small or absent entirely, though a winged form of P. umbrosus is known from Southern Illinois.[1]
| Pseudometapterus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Reduviidae |
| Tribe: | Metapterini |
| Genus: | Pseudometapterus Wygodzinsky, 1966 |
Partial species list
- Pseudometapterus argentinus Berg, 1900)
- Pseudometapterus butleri Wygodzinsky, 1966
- Pseudometapterus umbrosus (Blatchley, 1926)
- Pseudometapterus wygodzinskyi (Elkins, 1953)
