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Prosapia simulans

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Prosapia simulans is a species in the family Ischnorhinidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 8 countries, including Belize, Colombia and Costa Rica.

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Quick facts about Prosapia simulans

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
8 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Prosapia simulans live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Prosapia simulans is listed for 8 countries.

ColombiaPanamaCosta RicaNicaraguaHondurasGuatemalaBelizeVenezuela
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Belize
  2. Colombia
  3. Costa Rica
  4. Guatemala
  5. Honduras
  6. Nicaragua
  7. Panama
  8. Venezuela

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Prosapia simulans endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Prosapia simulans classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyIschnorhinidae
  6. genusProsapia
  7. SpeciesProsapia simulans (Walker, 1858)

Synonyms Sphenorhina simulans

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Chicharrita de bandas amarillasSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Prosapia simulans

Other species in the same genus Prosapia.

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Common questions

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Where does Prosapia simulans live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Prosapia simulans for 8 countries, including Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Honduras. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Prosapia simulans?

Prosapia simulans (Prosapia simulans) belongs to the family Ischnorhinidae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Prosapia simulans (Prosapia simulans). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/prosapia-simulans

MLA

“Prosapia simulans (Prosapia simulans).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/prosapia-simulans.

BibTeX
@misc{prosapia_simulans_2026,
  title = {Prosapia simulans (Prosapia simulans)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/prosapia-simulans},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}