Phymata pennsylvanica

Phymata pennsylvanica, known generally as the Pennsylvania ambush bug or Pennsylvania jagged ambush bug, is a species of ambush bug in the family Reduviidae. It is found in North America.^[1][2][3] It is known to prey on a common hoverfly, Syritta pipiens.^[4]

Phymata pennsylvanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Reduviidae
Genus:	Phymata
Species:	P. pennsylvanica
Binomial name
Phymata pennsylvanica Handlirsch, 1897

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  Pennsylvania jagged ambush bug (Phymata pennsylvanica)
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  Pennsylvania jagged ambush bug (Phymata pennsylvanica) color variant dorsal view
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  Pennsylvania ambush bug, Phymata pennsylvanica, dorsal view