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Species Deraeocoris sayi

Deraeocoris sayi (Reuter) - Deraeocoris sayi

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

Tribe Deraeocorini

Genus Deraeocoris

Species sayi (Deraeocoris sayi)

Other Common Names

Say’s Red-scute Mirid

Explanation of Names

Deraeocoris sayi (Reuter, 1876)

sayi = named after Thomas Say, a prominent American entomologist and naturalist of the early 19th century

Identification

Det. M. A. Quinn, 2014

Range

e. NA (ON-FL to MB-TX); BC - Map (1)(2)(3), mostly e. US to w. TX

Season

Mar-Jun, particularly common in Apr. (3)

Remarks

Type Locality: Texas

Print References

Reuter, O.M. (1876) Capsinae ex America Boreali in Museo Holmiensi asservatae, descriptae. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskapsakademiens Förhandlingar 32(9): 59-92.

Works Cited

1.	Checklist of the Hemiptera of Canada and Alaska Maw, H.E.L., R.G. Foottit, K.G.A. Hamilton and G.G.E. Scudder. 2000. NRC Research Press.

2.	Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 2 December, 2008 - 6:32pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 30 March, 2024 - 7:54am

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