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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Cimicomorpha » Miroidea » Plant Bugs (Miridae) » Mirinae » Mirini » Neolygus » Neolygus hirticulus

Species Neolygus hirticulus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Habitat · Works Cited
Lygocoris hirticulus - Neolygus hirticulus Plant Bug - Neolygus hirticulus Neolygus sp? - Neolygus hirticulus hitchhiker - Neolygus hirticulus mirid - Neolygus hirticulus plant bug - Neolygus hirticulus plant bug - Neolygus hirticulus Nenolygus hirticulus - Neolygus hirticulus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Cimicomorpha
Superfamily Miroidea
Family Miridae (Plant Bugs)
Subfamily Mirinae
Tribe Mirini
Genus Neolygus
Species hirticulus (Neolygus hirticulus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Neolygus hirticulus (Van Duzee, 1912)
Range
Eastern North America, from Florida north into Ontario, Quebec, & the Maritime Provinces. (1)

records from (2): CT, FL, IA, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MN, NB, NC, NH, NJ, NS, NY, OH, ON, PE, PA, QC, VA, VT, WI, WV
Habitat
Has been collected from beech (Fagus grandifolia), yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis), basswood (Tilia americana, T. cordata), Catalpa sp., maple (Acer sp.), elm (Ulmus americana), ash (Fraxinus americana), alder (Alnus sp.), hawthorn (Crataegus sp.) and goldenrod (Solidago sp.). (1)
Works Cited
1.Review of Lygocoris species found in Canada and Alaska (Heteroptera: Miridae)
L. A. Kelton. 1971. D.P. Pielou.
2.Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States
Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.
Contributed by Claude Pilon on 1 April, 2007 - 5:13pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Bbarnd
Last updated 10 April, 2015 - 1:42am

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