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Species Pilophorus laetus

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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 Pilophorini
Genus Pilophorus
Species laetus (Pilophorus laetus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Author: Heidemann, 1892
Size
2.61-2.93 mm (apex tylus-cuneal facture) (1)
Identification
Pilophorus juniperi species group including juniperi and laetus is recognized by the hemelytra with a uniform polished texture posteriad of the posterior band of scalelike setae, relatively small elongate body, the A2 clavate on the distal third, the flat vesica with a simple mesial spinelike process, and the habit of breeding on species of Coniferae. (1)

Distinguished from juniperi by the interrupted posterior band of setae on the hemelytra and A2 at least 1.25 mm long. (1)
Range
Eastern US: west to MO and MN, north to ON and MN, and south to AL, LA, and FL (1)
Habitat
Juniperi spp. (1)
See Also
P. juniperi
Internet References
DicoverLife pinned images
Neartica
Works Cited
1.Revision of the New World Pilophorini (Heteroptera, Miridae, Phylinae)
Randall T. Schuh & Michael D. Schwartz. 1988. American Museum of Natural History.
Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 2 December, 2008 - 9:48am
Additional contributions by onegunah
Last updated 18 December, 2010 - 7:28pm

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