''Phymata pennsylvanica'', known generally as the Pennsylvania ambush bug or Pennsylvania jagged ambush bug, is a species of
ambush bug
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in the family
Reduviidae
The Reduviidae is a large Cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan family of the suborder Heteroptera of the Order (biology), order Hemiptera (true bugs). Among the Hemiptera and together with the Nabidae almost all species are terrestrial ambush ...
. It is found in North America.
[ It is known to prey on a common hoverfly, '']Syritta pipiens
''Syritta pipiens'', sometimes called the thick-legged hoverfly, is one of the most common species in the insect family Syrphidae. This fly originates from Europe and is currently distributed across Palearctic, Eurasia and North America. They ar ...
''.
Gallery
Pennsylvania jagged ambush bug (Phymata pennsylvanica).jpg, alt=photo, Pennsylvania jagged ambush bug (''Phymata pennsylvanica'')
Pennsylvania jagged ambush bug (Phymata pennsylvanica) -2.jpg, alt=photo, Pennsylvania jagged ambush bug (''Phymata pennsylvanica'') color variant dorsal view
Pennsylvania Ambush Bug - Phymata pennsylvanica, Point Pelee National Park, Leamington, Ontario.jpg, alt=photo, Pennsylvania ambush bug, ''Phymata pennsylvanica'', dorsal view
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Reduviidae
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Insects described in 1897
Hemiptera of North America
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