Fitchia is a genus of assassin bugs in the family Reduviidae. There are at least two described species in Fitchia.[1][2][3]
| Fitchia | |
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| Fitchia aptera | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Reduviidae |
| Subfamily: | Harpactorinae |
| Genus: | Fitchia Stal, 1859 |
ITIS Taxonomic note:[2]
- Apparently a 'parahomonym' of (different kingdom, same name as) vascular plant genus Fitchia Hook. f.[2]
Species
edit- Fitchia aptera Stål, 1859
- Fitchia spinosula Stål, 1872
References
edit- ^ "Fitchia Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
- ^ a b c "Fitchia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
- ^ "Fitchia Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
Further reading
edit- 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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