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Genus Prepops

Miridae Prepops - Prepops Plant Bug - Prepops insitivus Resthenini? - Prepops Prepops species? - Prepops Prepops? - Prepops insitivus Prepops insitivus? or Taedia? - Prepops insitivus Prepops rubroscutellatus Mirid - Prepops
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 Resthenini
Genus Prepops
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Platytylellus Reuter
Explanation of Names
Prepops Reuter 1905
Numbers
22 spp. in our area(1), ~200 spp. total(2)
Identification
genus needs revision; species identification, esp. from photos, is problematic due particularly to extensive color variation. (M.D. Schwartz, pers. comm. to =v=)
Range
Americas(2); in our area, most apparently east of the Rockies - Map (3)(4)
Habitat
woodlands, edges
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.Schuh, R.T. 2002-2013. On-line Systematic Catalog of Plant Bugs (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae).
3.The Plant Bugs of the Prairie Provinces of Canada: Heteroptera, Miridae
L.A. Kelton. 1980. Canadian Govt. Pub. Centre Supply and Services Canada.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 3 March, 2005 - 3:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 17 February, 2024 - 5:51pm

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