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Species Irbisia californica

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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 Irbisia
Species californica (Irbisia californica)
Print References
Van Duzee, Edward P. 1921. A Study of North American Grass-bugs of the genus Irbisia. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. Fourth Series, Vol. XI, pp.145-152.
Schwartz, Michael D. 1984. A Revision of the Black Grass Bug Genus Irbisia Reuter (Heteroptera: Miridae). J. New York Ent. Soc. 92(3): 193-306. (at JStor)