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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) » Phylinae » Nasocorini » Rhinacloa » Western Plant Bug (Rhinacloa forticornis)

Species Rhinacloa forticornis - Western Plant Bug

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Works Cited
Mini Mirid - Rhinacloa forticornis Heteroptera from Brittle Bush - Rhinacloa forticornis Mirid from Arizona (5) 10.07.02 - Rhinacloa forticornis - female True bug - Rhinacloa forticornis True bug - Rhinacloa forticornis Hemiptera - Rhinacloa forticornis Western Plant Bug - Rhinacloa forticornis Phylinae? - Rhinacloa forticornis - male
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 Phylinae
Tribe Nasocorini
Genus Rhinacloa
Species forticornis (Western Plant Bug)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Psallus minutulus Reuter 1908; Rhinacloa incerta Reuter 1908
Explanation of Names
Rhinacloa forticornis Reuter 1876
forticornis 'with sturdy antennae'
Size
1.4‒1.8 mm (apex of tylus-cuneal fracture)(1)
Identification
Recognized by its small size, generally dark coloration, including antennal segments one and two in both sexes, and the structure of the male genitalia; the profemora are usually yellowish in males and black in females, with meso- and metafemora usually dark in both sexes.(1)
Range
transcontinental, US (CA to NJ‒FL) to Brazil(2)(3)
Food
polyphagous; recorded hosts(3)
Works Cited
1.Revision of the plant bug genus Rhinacloa Reuter with a phylogenetic analysis (Hemiptera, Miridae)
Schuh, Randall T. & Schwartz, Michael D. 1985. American Museum of Natural History.
2.New state and provincial records for some nearctic true bugs (Hem.:Heteroptera) from the Ill. Nat.Hist. Survey Insect Collection
Swanson D.R. 2021. Great Lakes Entomol. 54: 104‒142.
3.Schuh, R.T. 2002-2013. On-line Systematic Catalog of Plant Bugs (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae).
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 13 November, 2008 - 6:41pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, John Schneider, v belov, onegunah
Last updated 29 August, 2023 - 5:04pm

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