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Species Microplax albofasciata

Scott's Valley A4 - Microplax albofasciata

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 Pentatomomorpha

Superfamily Lygaeoidea

Family Oxycarenidae

Genus Microplax

Species albofasciata (Microplax albofasciata)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

dimidiatus Fieber 1861

Explanation of Names

Microplax albofasciata (A. Costa 1847)

Size

2.6-3.4 mm(1)

Range

native to w. Palaearctic (Mediterranean north to Channel Is. & Germany), adventive in our area (CA: Bay area)(1)

Remarks

earliest record in our area: CA 2012(1)

Works Cited

1.	First North American record of the Palearctic Microplax albofasciata (Costa) (Hemiptera: Lygaeoidea: Oxycarenidae) Wheeler A.G., Henry T.J. 2015. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 117: 55-61.

Contributed by v belov on 13 June, 2018 - 6:53pm

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