Phorticus is a genus of damsel bugs in the family Nabidae. There are about eight described species in Phorticus.[1][2][3]

Phorticus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Nabidae
Subfamily: Prostemmatinae
Genus: Phorticus
Stål, 1860

Species

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These eight species belong to the genus Phorticus:

References

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  1. ^ "Phorticus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ "Phorticus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading

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  • Péricart, J.; Golub, V. B. (1996). Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian (eds.). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 2: Cimicomorpha I. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-90-71912-15-3.
  • Schuh, Randall T.; Weirauch, Christiane; Wheeler, Ward C. (2009). "Phylogenetic relationships within the Cimicomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): a total-evidence analysis". Systematic Entomology. 34 (1): 15–48. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.498.8756. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00436.x.