{{Short description|Genus of true bugs}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Phymata | image = Reduviidae - Phymata crassipes-male.JPG | image_caption = ''Phymata crassipes'' | authority = Latreille, 1802 | synonyms = }}
'''''Phymata''''' is a genus of assassin bugs belonging to the family Reduviidae, subfamily Phymatinae,<ref>Putshkov P.V., Putshkov V.G., 1996 - Family Reduviidae - Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region</ref> commonly called '''jagged ambush bugs'''. Their coloration is variable, often helping to camouflage them on the plants where they live. They are predators,<ref>{{cite web |title=Ambush Bugs |url=https://nature.mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/ambush-bugs |website=Missouri Department of Conservation |accessdate=13 August 2020}}</ref> found in the Americas and Palaearctic realm.
==Species== Species within this genus include:<ref>[http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2011/search/all/key/phymata/match/1 Catalogue of life]</ref> {{columns-list|colwidth=25em|1= * ''Phymata albopicta'' Handlirsch, 1897 * ''Phymata americana'' Melin, 1930 * ''Phymata arctostaphylae'' Van Duzee, 1914 * ''Phymata borica'' Evans, 1931 * ''Phymata crassipes'' Fabricius, 1775 - '''type species''' (as ''Acanthia crassipes'' {{Au|Fabricius}}) * ''Phymata fasciata'' Gray, 1832 * ''Phymata granulosa'' Handlirsch, 1897 * ''Phymata luteomarginata'' Kormilev, 1957 * ''Phymata luxa'' Evans, 1931 * ''Phymata maculata'' Kormilev, 1957 * ''Phymata noualhieri'' Handlirsch, 1897 * ''Phymata pacifica'' Evans, 1931 * ''Phymata pallida'' Kormilev, 1957 * ''Phymata pennsylvanica'' Handlirsch, 1897 * ''Phymata rossi'' Evans, 1931 * ''Phymata saileri'' Kormilev, 1957 * ''Phymata salicis'' Cockerell, 1900 * ''Phymata vicina'' Handlirsch, 1897 }} thumb|left|''Phymata'' sp. eggs
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Category:Reduviidae Category:Cimicomorpha genera Category:Hemiptera of Europe Category:Hemiptera of North America Category:Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille