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Common Name:
Red-Cross Shield Bug

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Infraorder: Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily: Pentatomoidea
Family: Acanthosomatidae
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Species:
Elasmostethus cruciatus

Hodges No:

Location:

Monhegan Island, ME
USA

Date: 8/27/09

Stage:
Sex:
Notes:

Elasmostethus cruciatus Acanthosomatidae
Red-Cross Shield Bug
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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