Species Cariniocoris geminatus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Works Cited

Cariniocoris geminatus (Knight) - Cariniocoris geminatus

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 Phylini

Subtribe Oncotylina

Genus Cariniocoris

Species geminatus (Cariniocoris geminatus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cariniocoris geminatus (Knight)

Orig. Comb: Plagiognathus geminatus Knight, 1929

Explanation of Names

geminatus - dimorphic

Identification

dimorphic; males with hemelytra uniformly dark brown, base of corium sometimes paler, females uniformly pale greenish; primary spiculum (1)

Range

e. US (TX, FL-DE) - Map (1)(2)

Food

hollies (Ilex spp., Aquifoliaceae), prefers the male flowers of its host. At Beltsville, Maryland, many thousands of adults and nymphs could be collected on male flowers of a large American holly, I. opaca, but only a few adults could be found on a profusely flowering female tree no more than 25 feet away. (1)

Remarks

Type Locality: Holotype and 31 paratypes, College Station, Brazos Co., TX, 7-12 Apr. 1928, H. G. Johnston

See Also

Knight (1929) called this species the “southern twin” of C. ilicis (1)

Print References

Henry, T.J. (1989) Cariniocoris, a new phyline plant bug genus from the eastern United States, with a discussion of generic relationships (Heteroptera: Miridae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 97(1): 87-99. (1)

Knight, H.H. (1929) The fourth paper on new species of Plagiognathus (Hemiptera: Miridae). Entomol. News 40: 263-268.

Works Cited

1.	Cariniocoris, a new phyline plant bug genus from the eastern United States, with a discussion of generic relationships (Miridae) Thomas J. Henry. 1989. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 97(1): 87-99.

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 4 April, 2023 - 4:47pm
Last updated 12 April, 2023 - 1:47am

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