Species Deraeocoris ruber

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Remarks · Works Cited

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 Deraeocorinae

Tribe Deraeocorini

Genus Deraeocoris

Species ruber (Deraeocoris ruber)

Explanation of Names

Deraeocoris ruber (Linnaeus 1758)

Range

native to Europe, adventive in NA (MA‒NJ‒PA)(1)

Remarks

First recorded in our area: NYC 1878(1)

Works Cited

1.	A Synthesis of the Holarctic Miridae (Heteroptera): Distribution, Biology, and Origin, with Emphasis on North America A. G., Jr. Wheeler & Thomas J. Henry. 1992. Entomological Society of America.

Contributed by Ron M. on 3 December, 2008 - 3:17am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov, onegunah
Last updated 26 September, 2023 - 9:46pm

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