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True Bugs of Zihuatanejo

SUBORDER HETEROPTERA

Savius jurgiosus

Savius jurgiosus

-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-​True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and Allies (Order Hemiptera)

-True Bugs (Suborder Heteroptera)​

-Pentatomomorph Bugs (Pentatomomorpha)

-Leaf-footed Bugs and Allies (Superfamily Coreiodea​)

-Leaf-footed Bugs (Family Coreidae​)

-Subfamily Coreinae​

-Tribe Discogastrini

-Genus Savius​

-Savius jurgiosus


Savius jurgiosus is a species of leaf-footed bug belonging to the tribe Discogastrini within the family Coreidae. The genus Savius is part of a group of plant-feeding bugs commonly known as leaf-footed bugs. Like many other members of the Coreidae family, they possess piercing-sucking mouthparts for feeding on plant sap.

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