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Species Phytocoris diversus

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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 Mirinae
Tribe Mirini
Genus Phytocoris
Species diversus (Phytocoris diversus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Phytocoris diversus Knight, 1920
Size
5 mm (1) (2)
Identification
Blatchley's key (1):
1) Scutellum reddish-yellow each side of middle, its median line and apex distinctly paler;
2) Clavus and inner half of corium reddish or reddish-brown;
3) Cuneus with inner half rosaceous; and
4) Femora with distinct pale spots.

Knight's key (2):
1) Pronotal disk without black spots;
2) Dots on hind femora not forming a distinct light-colored band or large mark;
3) A2 = 2 × (head width).

Belongs to Group III of Knight's eastern species.
Range
ne. US (IL-WV-QC-MN) - Map (3)(4)
Food
White pine (Pinus strobus) (2)
Print References
Knight, H.H. (1920). New and little known species of Phytocoris from the eastern United States (Heteroptera-Miridae). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 15: 49-66.
Works Cited
1.Heteroptera of Eastern North America
W.S. Blatchley. 1926. The Nature Publishing Company.
2.The Plant Bugs, or Miridae, of Illinois
Knight, Harry, H. 1941. State of illinois.
3.Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States
Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)