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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) » Phylinae » Cremnorrhinini » Calidroides

Genus Calidroides

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Remarks · Works Cited
plant bug ? very small - Calidroides schaffneri plant bug ? very small - Calidroides schaffneri Calidroides schaffneri - male Calidroides schaffneri - male Calidroides schaffneri - male
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 Phylinae
Tribe Cremnorrhinini
Genus Calidroides
Explanation of Names
Calidroides Schwartz 2005
reference to the similarity of the vesica (presumably the head of) to a sandpiper (member of the avian genus Calidris)(1)
Numbers
Two species, one in our area.cite:325376]
Size
♂ 2.08-2.50 mm, ♀ 2.25-3.00 mm(1)
Identification
"Within the Phylini recognized by the conspicuous pale, laterally produced knob on the propleuron anterior to the coxal cleft," among other features.(1)
Remarks
As of Aug 2023, Schuh's online catalog(2) has this genus under Phylini. However, it was placed in the Cremnorhinini: Cremnorhinina back in 2013(3)
Works Cited
1.Redescription of Strophopoda aprica Van Duzee and the Description of Two New Genera and Five New Species from ...
Michael D. Schwartz. 2005. American Museum of Natural History.
2.Schuh, R.T. 2002-2013. On-line Systematic Catalog of Plant Bugs (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae).
3.A revised classification of the Phylinae (Insecta, Heteroptera, Miridae) : arguments for the placement of genera
Randall T. Schuh and Katrina L Menard. 2013. American Museum of Natural History.
Contributed by Jason Botz on 28 September, 2021 - 2:50pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 14 August, 2023 - 8:11pm

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