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Genus Pycnoderes

Another Little Mirid - Pycnoderes dilatatus

Female, Pycnoderes? - Pycnoderes - 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 Eccritotarsini

Genus Pycnoderes

Explanation of Names

Pycnoderes Guérin-Méneville 1857

'swollen neck'

Numbers

10 species in our area(1), >50 total

Identification

The key in Blatchley (2) is the most recent somewhat comprehensive key, treating 7 species.

Works Cited

1.	Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.

2.	Heteroptera of Eastern North America W.S. Blatchley. 1926. The Nature Publishing Company.

Contributed by Brad Barnd on 16 February, 2008 - 11:13pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, onegunah
Last updated 6 September, 2024 - 10:45pm

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