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Genus Eustictus

Male, Eustictus claripennis? - Eustictus - 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 Deraeocorinae

Genus Eustictus

Explanation of Names

Eustictus Reuter 1909

Numbers

22 spp. in our area, ~40 total(1)

Range

our spp. per(1):

Eastern widespread: grossus, necopinus, salicicola, venatorius (NY MS)

FL & southeast: ainsliei (FL), spinipes (FL), pilipes (FL), pubescens (FL), mundus (GA‒FL‒MS)

South: catulus (AZ PA LA)

TX only: minimus, claripennis, tibialis, knighti, albomaculatus

sw.US: clarus, hirsutipes, morrisoni, productus, albocuneatus (all AZ), obscurus (AZ‒NM), pusilus (AZ‒CO‒TX)

Remarks

a member of the tribe Surinamellini that contains a total of 9 genera(1)

Works Cited

1.	Schuh, R.T. 2002-2013. On-line Systematic Catalog of Plant Bugs (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae).

Contributed by Ron M. on 27 November, 2008 - 4:46pm
Additional contributions by v belov, onegunah
Last updated 30 July, 2024 - 12:21am

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