Species Pycnoderes medius

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · Print References · 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 Bryocorinae

Tribe Eccritotarsini

Genus Pycnoderes

Species medius (Pycnoderes medius)

Explanation of Names

Pycnoderes medius Knight, 1926

Size

2.8-2.9 mm (1)

Identification

1) Small size (< 3mm);

2) Pronotal disk bilobed by a median sulcus;

3) Embolium with distinct pale spot only at base;

4) Scutellum convex;

5) Mesoscutum not exposed; and

6) Membrane and veins distinctly fuscous. (1)

Range

e. US (MO, IL, MS, TN) - Map (2)(3)

Remarks

Type Locality: MO.

Print References

Knight, H.H. (1926) Descriptions of nine new species of Bryocorinae (Hemiptera, Miridae). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 21: 102-108.

Works Cited

1.	Heteroptera of Eastern North America W.S. Blatchley. 1926. The Nature Publishing Company.

2.	Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by WonGun Kim on 27 July, 2009 - 4:59am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 8 July, 2023 - 2:51pm

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