Species Phytocoris antennalis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · 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 Mirinae

Tribe Mirini

Genus Phytocoris

Species antennalis (Phytocoris antennalis)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Author: Reuter, 1909

Size

5-6 mm (1)

Identification

1) A2 black at base, with a light-colored band more distad;

2) A1 slender and A1 > width of pronotum at base; and

3) Four small, black, conical projections, two on either side of median line, present near posterior margin of pronotum (2)

Range

Known from QC and MA south to FL and west to IA and OK (3)

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.	Plant bugs of Quercus ilicifolia: myriads of mirids (Heteroptera) in pitch pine-scrub oak barrens Wheeler, A. G., Jr. 1991. the New York Entomological Society.

Contributed by WonGun Kim on 18 July, 2009 - 12:07am
Last updated 21 July, 2009 - 2:06am

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