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Ambrysus mormon

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Ambrysus mormon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Naucoridae
Genus: Ambrysus
Species:
A. mormon
Binomial name
Ambrysus mormon
Montandon, 1909
Synonyms[1]
  • Ambrysus mormon australis La Rivers, 1953
  • Ambrysus mormon heidemanni Montandon, 1910
  • Ambrysus mormon minor La Rivers, 1963

Ambrysus mormon, the creeping water bug, is a species of creeping water bug in the family Naucoridae. It is found in the western United States and northwestern Mexico.[1][2][3]

Subspecies

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There were formerly three subspecies of Ambrysus mormon but they were synonymized by Reynoso-Velasco and Sites:[4]

  • Ambrysus mormon heidemanni Montandon, 1910
  • Ambrysus mormon minor La Rivers, 1963
  • Ambrysus mormon mormon Montandon, 1909

References

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  1. ^ a b "Ambrysus mormon Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ "Ambrysus mormon". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ^ Reynoso-Velasco, Daniel; Sites, Robert W. (2016). "Revision of the Ambrysus guttatipennis Stål species complex (Heteroptera: Naucoridae: Cryphocricinae) with the descriptions of six new species from Mexico". Zootaxa. 4154 (3): 201–250. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4154.3.1. PMID 27615837.