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Genus Engytatus

Mirid, first thought probably Dicyphus, turns out to be Engyltatus modestus - Engytatus modestus Is this a plant bug, eating aphids? Yes, mirid. - Engytatus modestus Mating Mirids  - Engytatus modestus - male - female Mirid for California in December - Engytatus modestus Mirid for California in February - Engytatus modestus Mirid for California in May - Engytatus modestus Mirid for California in May - Engytatus modestus mirid plant bug - Engytatus modestus
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 Bryocorinae
Genus Engytatus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Author: Reuter, 1876
Numbers
1 species (E. modestus) in North America
Range
E. modestus ocurrs in south-western USA