Thasus gigas
Thasus gigas (female)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Coreidae
Subfamily: Coreinae
Tribe: Nematopodini
Genus: Thasus
Species:
T. gigas
Binomial name
Thasus gigas
(Klug, 1835)

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]

Thasus gigas (male)

Habitat

T. gigas is often found in Prosopis or Acacia Trees.[4]

Behavior

T. gigas is diurnal, and thus mostly active during the day.[5]

Development

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]

Thasus gigas on pods of Vachellia farnesiana (Mealy False Acacia)

References

  1. ↑ "Thasus gigas Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-12-26.
  2. ↑ "Thasus gigas". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-12-26.
  3. ↑ Webb, Nick; Eades, David C. (2019). "species Thasus gigas (Klug, 1835)". Coreoidea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  4. ↑ "Global Biotic Interactions (Thasus gigas)". Retrieved 2023-06-02.
  5. ↑ 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
  6. ↑ 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

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