Genus Niesthrea

Classification · Numbers · Identification

Little bugs - Niesthrea sidae - male - female

Bugs that like mallow seeds - Niesthrea louisianica

Niesthrea louisianica - Niesthrea louisianica

Niesthrea louisiania nymph found on Hibiscus - Niesthrea louisianica

Scentless Plant Bug - Niesthrea louisianica

Scentless Plant Bug - Niesthrea louisianica - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Family Rhopalidae (Scentless Plant Bugs)

Genus Niesthrea

Numbers

Nearctica list 3 spp.

Niesthrea louisianica Sailer 1961 (Niesthrea)

Niesthrea sidae Fabricius 1794 (Lygaeus)

Niesthrea ventralis Signoret 1859 (Corizus)

Identification

Niesthrea spp. may be recognized by the dark rings of femora and tibiae.

N.louisianica and N.sidae distinguished according key to Florida species: and different distribution.

No information available at moment about the third species (ventralis).

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 18 November, 2005 - 2:52pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Boris Bueche
Last updated 19 May, 2007 - 7:28am

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