Thasus gigas

Thasus gigas
	Thasus gigas (female)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Coreidae
Subfamily:	Coreinae
Tribe:	Nematopodini
Genus:	Thasus
Species:	T. gigas
Binomial name
	Thasus gigas; (Klug, 1835)

Thasus gigas is a species of leaf-footed bug in the family Coreidae. It is found in Central America and North America.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Habitat

T. gigas is often found in Prosopis or Acacia Trees.^[4]

Behavior

T. gigas is diurnal, and thus mostly active during the day.^[5]

Development

Unlike insects that undergo complete metamorphosis, hemimetabolous insects like T. gigas do not have a pupal stage. Instead, the nymph stage resembles the adult stage, but without wings or functional reproductive organs.^[6]

Thasus gigas on pods of Vachellia farnesiana (Mealy False Acacia)

References

^ "Thasus gigas Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-12-26.
^ "Thasus gigas". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-12-26.
^ Webb, Nick; Eades, David C. (2019). "species Thasus gigas (Klug, 1835)". Coreoidea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
^ "Global Biotic Interactions (Thasus gigas)". Retrieved 2023-06-02.
^ Lewis, T.; Taylor, L.R. (1965), "Diurnal periodicity of flight by insects" (PDF), Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 116 (15): 393–435, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1965.tb02304.x
^ Belles, Xavier (2011), "Origin and Evolution of Insect Metamorphosis", Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, doi:10.1002/9780470015902.a0022854, ISBN 9780470016176, S2CID 43922496

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[itis-1] "Thasus gigas Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-12-26.

[gbif-2] "Thasus gigas". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-12-26.

[Webb2019-3] Webb, Nick; Eades, David C. (2019). "species Thasus gigas (Klug, 1835)". Coreoidea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

[4] "Global Biotic Interactions (Thasus gigas)". Retrieved 2023-06-02.

[5] Lewis, T.; Taylor, L.R. (1965), "Diurnal periodicity of flight by insects" (PDF), Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 116 (15): 393–435, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1965.tb02304.x

[6] Belles, Xavier (2011), "Origin and Evolution of Insect Metamorphosis", Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, doi:10.1002/9780470015902.a0022854, ISBN 9780470016176, S2CID 43922496

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