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Species Macrolophus brevicornis

Macrolophus brevicornis Knight - Macrolophus brevicornis plant bug - Macrolophus brevicornis Plant Bug - Macrolophus brevicornis Plant Bug - Macrolophus brevicornis Plant Bug - Macrolophus brevicornis plant bugs mating - Macrolophus brevicornis - male - female
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 Dicyphini
Genus Macrolophus
Species brevicornis (Macrolophus brevicornis)
Explanation of Names
Macrolophus brevicornis Knight 1926
Identification
A1 is less than width of head across the eyes; apical ¼ of A2 black; basal ⅔ of corium without fuscous points at bases of hairs except one row bordering claval suture(1)
Range
IL, IA, KS, MD, MO, NJ(2)
Works Cited
1.The Plant Bugs, or Miridae, of Illinois
Knight, Harry, H. 1941. State of illinois.
2.Plant Bug Planetary Biodiversity Inventory