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Species Closterocoris amoenus

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Family Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Subfamily Mirinae

Tribe Herdoniini

Genus Closterocoris

Species amoenus (Closterocoris amoenus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

amoena

Explanation of Names

Author of name: Provancher, 1887 (Pycnopterna)

Contributed by Joyce Gross on 26 October, 2007 - 12:16am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 9 November, 2008 - 10:09am

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