Life History of Phymata Pennsylvanica Americana Melin (Phymatidae, Hemiptera)

In 1927, Readio summarized the then known bionomics of North American Phymatidae, or ambush bugs, and presented original biological notes on Phymata “erosa fasciata” from Kansas. He figured the stages and instars, and a mass of the eggs. Evans (1931), in his preliminary revision of this family as it occurs in North America, concluded the name erosa fasciata applies to a South American species, a point of view with which Mr. H. G. Barber, hemipterist of the United States National Museum, expressed agreement in recent correspondence. The name pennsylvanica americana should be used for this common species of the Eastern United States, according to both these authorities.