''Pseudometapterus'' is a little-known

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of thread-legged bug in the subfamily

Emesinae The Emesinae, or thread-legged bugs, are a subfamily of the Reduviidae (i.e., assassin bugs). They are conspicuously different from the other reduviids by their very slender body form. They are stalking, predatory insects that can be collected on ...

. 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.

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Pseudometapterus argentinus ''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'' ...

'' Berg, 1900) *''

Pseudometapterus butleri ''Pseudometapterus'' is a little-known genus of thread-legged bug in the subfamily Emesinae. Members of the genus occur in North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western ...

'' Wygodzinsky, 1966 *''

Pseudometapterus umbrosus ''Pseudometapterus umbrosus'' is a species of assassin bug found in North America. It is univoltine in Illinois and overwinters as an adult. It has been reported from spider webs and plants ('' Heuchera parviflora'') on sandstone and limestone ...

'' (Blatchley, 1926) *''

Pseudometapterus wygodzinskyi ''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'' ...

'' (Elkins, 1953)

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Reduviidae Cimicomorpha genera Insects of North America {{Cimicomorpha-stub