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Species Orthocephalus coriaceus

pale-speckled black plant bug - Orthocephalus coriaceus - male

Orthocephalus coriaceus? - Orthocephalus coriaceus

Unidentified insect - Orthocephalus coriaceus

Plant Bug - Orthocephalus coriaceus - male

Hemiptera. Miridae? - Orthocephalus coriaceus

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 Orthotylinae

Tribe Halticini

Genus Orthocephalus

Species coriaceus (Orthocephalus coriaceus)

Explanation of Names

Orthocephalus coriaceus (Fabricius 1777)

Size

3.5-5 mm

Identification

tibiae black on all legs (a distinguishing feature); dorsal surface black with numerous silvery hairs; adult males have long wings that extend beyond abdomen; adult females have short wings as short as or shorter than abdomen; hemelytra inconspicuously bicolored (outer area of clavus and inner area of corium slightly paler than adjacent areas) in some long-winged individuals

Range

introduced from Europe (probably on plant material); now occurs in ne. NA (NB-ON-VA) (1)(2)

Habitat

meadows, weedy fields, hedgerows

Season

adults Jun-Aug

Food

on oak (Quercus) and Asteraceae(3)

Remarks

earliest NA record: ME 1913(4)

Internet References

images of adult males from Denmark (1, 2), nymph and adult female from Germany, adult female, nymph, and foodplants from the Netherlands

Works Cited

1.	Orthocephalus saltator Hahn (Het.: Miridae): Corrections of misidentifications and the first authentic report for North America T.J. Henry & l.A. Kelton. 1986. J. New York Entomol. Soc. 94(1): 51-55.

2.	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.

3.	Schuh, R.T. 2002-2013. On-line Systematic Catalog of Plant Bugs (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae).

4.	Alien true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in Canada: composition and adaptations Scudder G.G.E., Foottit R.G. 2006. Can. Entomol. 138: 24-51.

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 4 December, 2008 - 3:31pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 28 January, 2012 - 5:52pm

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