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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 » Nasocorini » Atractotomus

Genus Atractotomus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Print References · Works Cited
Black Plant Bug - Atractotomus mali Small Mirid - Atractotomus nicholi Atractotomus mali Mirid - Atractotomus magnicornis - female Plant Bug - Atractotomus - female Plant Bug - Atractotomus - female Female, Atractotomus acaciae? - Atractotomus acaciae - female plant bug - Atractotomus mali
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 Nasocorini
Genus Atractotomus
Explanation of Names
Atractotomus Fieber, 1858
Numbers
36 spp. in our area, ~50 spp. total(1)
Print References
Stonedahl, G.M. 1990. Revision and cladistic analysis of the Holarctic genus Atractotomus Fieber (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 198: 1-88.
Works Cited
1.Schuh, R.T. 2002-2013. On-line Systematic Catalog of Plant Bugs (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae).
Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 23 November, 2008 - 10:36am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 16 March, 2023 - 1:30pm

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