Thasus gigas
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| Thasus gigas (female) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Coreidae |
| Subfamily: | Coreinae |
| Tribe: | Nematopodini |
| Genus: | Thasus |
| Species: | T. gigas
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| Binomial name | |
| Thasus gigas (Klug, 1835)
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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]
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Habitat
[edit]T. gigas is often found in Prosopis or Acacia Trees.[4]
Behavior
[edit]T. gigas is diurnal, and thus mostly active during the day.[5]
Development
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ "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 (ELS), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, doi:10.1002/9780470015902.a0022854, ISBN 9780470016176, S2CID 43922496
Further reading
[edit]- Brailovsky, Harry; Schaefer, Carl W.; Barrera, Ernesto; Packauskas, Richard J. (1995). "A revision of the genus Thasus (Hemiptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Nematopodini)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 102 (3): 318–343. JSTOR 25010094.
External links
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