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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Cimicomorpha » Miroidea » Plant Bugs (Miridae) » Mirinae » Resthenini » Prepops » Prepops insitivus

Species Prepops insitivus

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited

Black and Orange Bug - Prepops insitivus

Unknown Orange and Black Beetle (I think) - Prepops insitivus

black insect with orange markings - Prepops insitivus

Black and Yellow Hemipteran - Prepops insitivus

Prepops insitivus? or Taedia? - Prepops insitivus

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 Resthenini

Genus Prepops

Species insitivus (Prepops insitivus)

Other Common Names

Black and Yellow Locust Mirid

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Capsus xanthomelas, Platytylellus insitivus, Platytylellus angusticollis

Explanation of Names

Prepops insitivus (Say 1832)

Size

7-9 mm

Identification

Adult: head small, black, shorter than wide; body elliptical and all black except bright yellow pronotum and scutellum; legs and antennae black; antennae long and tapered

Range

e. US & Ont. (TX-FL-ME-WI) - Map (1)(2)(3)

Habitat

woodlands, edges

Season

mostly Apr-Jul (3)

Food

on Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)

See Also

some species of Taedia have a similar colour pattern but have dark spots on the pronotum and other differences

Internet References

species page(4)

Works Cited

1.	How to Know the True Bugs Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M. 1978. Wm. C. Brown Company.

2.	Checklist of the Hemiptera of Canada and Alaska Maw, H.E.L., R.G. Foottit, K.G.A. Hamilton and G.G.E. Scudder. 2000. NRC Research Press.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

4.	Schuh, R.T. 2002-2013. On-line Systematic Catalog of Plant Bugs (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae).

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 3 March, 2005 - 3:54pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 1 April, 2024 - 6:49am

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