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Genus Ectopiocerus

Mirid? Or something far more sinister?? - Ectopiocerus anthracinus
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 Mirinae
Tribe Mirini
Genus Ectopiocerus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Author: Uhler, 1890
Explanation of Names
Comes from Greek words: ectopi(o) (=foreign) + cerus (=a kind of insect)
Numbers
1 species in the world
Range
CA