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Genus Engytatus

Mirid, once thought Dicyphus, actually wasn't. - Engytatus modestus

Tomato Bug on Composite. (How come I never see these on tomatoes?) - Engytatus modestus

Engytatus modestus? - Engytatus modestus

Male, Engytatus modestus - Engytatus modestus - 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 Bryocorinae

Tribe Dicyphini

Genus Engytatus

Explanation of Names

Engytatus Reuter 1876

Numbers

1 sp. in our area, 28 spp. total(1)

Range

in our area, south-western

Works Cited

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

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 13 December, 2008 - 2:14pm
Additional contributions by v belov, onegunah
Last updated 8 August, 2019 - 4:27pm

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