Explanation of Names
Atractotomus Fieber, 1858
Numbers
23 species in our area with another 13 in Mexico, about 50 species worldwide
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Nearctic species:
Atractotomus acaciae Knight (SW US & Mex)
Atractotomus agrifoliae Stonedahl (SW Cali to Baja Cali)
Atractotomus albidicoxis Reuter (AZ-CO-NM)
Atractotomus arizonae (Knight) (AZ)
Atractotomus atricolor (Knight) (widespread)
Atractotomus balli Knight (western)
Atractotomus cercocarpi Knight (western)
Atractotomus cooperi Stonedahl (western)
Atractotumus griseolus (Reuter) (eastern) = Plagiognathus gleditsiae Knight
Atractotomus kolenatii (Flor) (Europe, western US)
Atractotomus magnicornis (Fallen) (Europe, eastern US)
Atractotomus mali (Meyer-Dur) (Europe, eastern US)
Atractotomus miniatus (Knight) (SE USA)
Atractotomus nicholi Knight (AZ-CA)
Atractotomus ovatus (Knight) (SW USA)
Atractotomus prosopidis (Knight) (SW USA)
Atractotomus quercicola Stonedahl (TX-MX)
Atractotomus quercinus Stonedahl (AZ-MX)
Atractotomus ramentum Stonedahl (IA-IN-OH)
Atractotomus reuteri Knight (western)
Atractotomus rubidus (Uhler) (eastern)
Atractotomus schwartzi Stonedahl (AZ-MX)
Atractotomus tuthilli (Knight) (CO-UT)
Mexican species:
Atractotomus bicolor Stonedahl & Schwartz
Atractotomus chiapas Stonedahl
Atractotomus iturbide Stonedahl
Atractotomus jalisco Stonedahl
Atractotomus mitla Stonedahl
Atractotomus morelos Stonedahl
Atractotomus nigripennis (Schuh & Schwartz)
Atractotomus oaxaca Stonedahl
Atractotomus pallidus Stonedahl
Atractotomus polymorphae Stonedahl
Atractotomus russatus Stonedahl
Atractotomus schaffneri Stonedahl
Atractotomus taxcoensis Stonedahl
Atractotomus teopisca Stonedahl & Schwartz
Identification
See Stonedahl (1990) for key to species.
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Dissected males may be necessary to identify some species.
Stonedahl's key doesn't include A. griseolus, which was placed in the genus by Schuh (2001)
(3), or A. mali, which Stonedahl considered incertae sedis and may eventually be placed in a new genus.
Two additional Mexican species (bicolor & teopisca) described by Stonedahl & Schwartz (1994).
Range
Holarctic. In our area, from Canada to south-central Mexico
(2)Food
Wide variety of host plants, with some species being polyphagous and others more host-specific. Oaks are a common host plant
(2)Life Cycle
The few broadly distributed North American species (
atricolor, balli, miniatus, and
rubidus) tend to be inhabitants of widely distributed hosts (e.g.,
Quercus spp.,
Salix spp.), or in the case of
balli, apparently polyphagous on a number ofsimilar host plants.
(2)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.
