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Genus Parthenicus

unknown Hemipteran - Parthenicus muchmorei Utah Mirid - Parthenicus mirid, maybe Parthenicus weemsi, from Ceratiola ericoides, FL rosemary - Parthenicus weemsi Who's the plant bug attracted by blacklight? - Parthenicus Small pink or orange mirid - Parthenicus Phylinae? - Parthenicus Parthenicus juniperi (Heidemann) - Parthenicus juniperi Hemiptera - Parthenicus
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 Orthotylinae
Tribe Orthotylini
Genus Parthenicus
Explanation of Names
Parthenicus Reuter 1876
Numbers
~70 spp. in our area, ~80 total(1)
Size
most "small to minute"(2)
Range
most spp. in sw. US, with 6 spp. in e. US and 3 in Mexico(1); 8 spp. reach Canada (most in BC)(3)
Works Cited
1.Schuh, R.T. 2002-2013. On-line Systematic Catalog of Plant Bugs (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae).
2.How to Know the True Bugs
Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M. 1978. Wm. C. Brown Company.
3.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.