Other Common Names
(the hairy knight mirid, joking, short of)
Explanation of Names
Eustictus knighti Johnston, 1930
named in honor of Dr. H. H. Knight
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Identification
"Hind tibiae covered with very long erect hairs, also a few long erect hairs on apex of hind femora."
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- coll'ed at UV light near type locality (same county)
Det. M. A. Quinn, 2023
Range
TX
(1)(2), Holo-, Allo- and Paratypes all from College Station, yet no locality data from TAMUIC or any other database in
GBIF (3)Remarks
Holotype: male, May 9, 1929, College Station, Texas (H. G. Johnston); author’s collection.
Allotype: female, May 22, 1930, College Station, Texas (H. G. Johnston).
Paratypes: 10 taken with the holotype. October 6; October 7; October 21, 1928, topotypic (S. E. Jones). May 16, 1929; 2 May 7, 1930, topotypic (H. G. Johnston).
All the [var. type] specimens were taken at light traps. U.S.N.M. collection.
(1)See Also
Eustictus albomaculatus Johnston, 1939 - eyes smaller, but further apart (ain't that fun!!), also, short erect hairs on the hind tibia
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- Range: Texas
Det. M. A. Quinn, 2023
Print References
Johnston, H.G. (1930) Four new species of Miridae from Texas (Hemiptera). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 25: 295-300.
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