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Pycanum rubens (nymph)

Minibeast photographs and field observations.

Tropical rainforest vegetation at Singapore Botanic Gardens
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0

Species notes

About Pycanum rubens (nymph)

Pycanum rubens is treated by the GBIF Backbone as a synonym of Pycanum alternatum, an accepted species in the family Tessaratomidae, within the order Hemiptera. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from 41, ASSAS, BANOO, CHCYN, INDBI, INDDE, INDGU, and INDHA. True bugs are hemipterans with piercing-and-sucking mouthparts used to take in plant fluids or, in predatory species, animal prey.

Family
Tessaratomidae
Order
Hemiptera
Identification rank
Species
Recorded distribution
41, ASSAS, BANOO, CHCYN, INDBI, INDDE, INDGU, INDHA

Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy