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Species Pilophorus crassipes

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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 Pilophorini
Genus Pilophorus
Species crassipes (Pilophorus crassipes)
Explanation of Names
Pilophorus crassipes Heidemann 1892
Identification
"AIII is black and texture across posterior of corium appears to be uniform"

Det. M. D. Schwartz, 2010
Range
e. US to TX - Map (1)(2)
Print References
Heidemann, O. (1892) Note on the food-plants of some Capsidae from the vicinity of Washington, D.C. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 2: 224-226.
Internet References
DicoverLife - pinned images
Works Cited
1.Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States
Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)