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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Cimicomorpha » Miroidea » Plant Bugs (Miridae) » Orthotylinae » Orthotylini » Parthenicus » Parthenicus juniperi

Species Parthenicus juniperi

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Print References · Works Cited
Parthenicus juniperi (Heidemann) - Parthenicus juniperi - female Parthenicus juniperi - male Parthenicus juniperi - male Very small Mirid - Parthenicus juniperi - male Small Plant Bug - Parthenicus juniperi Parthenicus juniperi? - Parthenicus juniperi Parthenicus juniperi? - Parthenicus juniperi Parthenicus juniperi
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
Species juniperi (Parthenicus juniperi)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Parthenicus juniperi (Heidemann)
Orig. Comb: Psallus juniperi Heidemann 1892
Size
MALE-Length 2.76-3.20 mm (n= 5), width 1.00-1.08 mm.
Head: Width 0.62-0.66 mm, vertex 0.16-0.18 mm.
Rostrum: Length 1.00 mm, reaching just past base of metacoxa.
Antenna: Segment I, length 0.20 mm; II, 1.04-1.08 mm; III, 0.60 mm; IV, 0.32 mm. Pronotum: Length 0.40-0.44 mm, basal width 0.82-0.84 mm. (Henry, 1982)
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Identification
"General coloration pale testaceous, hemelytra often tinged with salmon pink, anterior 1/2 of pronotum tinged with greenish yellow, scutellum usually black or strongly infuscated," etc. (Henry 1982)

Det. WonGun Kim, 2010
Range
e. US, Ont. (TX-FL-NY-WI) - Map (1)(2)
Habitat
common on Juniperus spp., incl. red cedar (J. virginiana) (1) and J. ashei (3)
Season
Apr-Aug in c. TX (3)
Print References
Henry, T.J. 1982. Genus Parthenicus in the eastern United States, with descriptions of new species (Hemiptera: Miridae). Florida Entomologist, 65(3): 354-366.
Heidemann, 0. 1892. Note on the food-plants of some Capsidae from the vicinity of Washington, D.C. Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington 2: 224-6.
Knight, H.H. 1941. The plant bugs, or Miridae, of Illinois. Illinois Nat. Hist. Surv. Bull. 22. 234 p. (1)
Quinn, M.A. 2000. Abundance and distribution of potential arthropod prey species in a typical Golden-cheeked Warbler habitat. Unpublished Thesis. Texas A&M University, College Station. ix + 182 pp.
Wheeler, A.G., Jr., & T.J. Henry. 1977. Miridae associated with Pennsylvania conifers 1. Species on arborvitae, false cypress, and juniper. Trans. American Ent. Soc. 103: 623-56.
Works Cited
1.The Plant Bugs, or Miridae, of Illinois
Knight, Harry, H. 1941. State of illinois.
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.Abundance and distribution of potential arthropod prey species in a typical Golden-cheeked Warbler habitat.
Quinn, M.A. 2000. Unpublished Thesis. Texas A&M University, College Station. ix + 182 pp.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 13 December, 2008 - 12:21pm
Additional contributions by Stephen_WV, v belov
Last updated 30 June, 2023 - 8:37am

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