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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) » Mirinae » Mirini » Phytocoris » Phytocoris depictus

Species Phytocoris depictus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · See Also · Print References · Works Cited
More Phytocoris depictus nymph - Phytocoris depictus Phytocoris depictus Phytocoris depictus nymph again - Phytocoris depictus Phytocoris depictus? - Phytocoris depictus mirid - Phytocoris depictus - male Phytocoris depictus? - Phytocoris depictus plant bug - Phytocoris depictus plant bug nymph - Phytocoris depictus
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 Mirinae
Tribe Mirini
Genus Phytocoris
Species depictus (Phytocoris depictus)
Explanation of Names
Phytocoris depictus Knight, 1923
Range
MO-DC-NY-MN - Map (1)(2)
See Also
P. depictus is very similar to P. puella. However, the description of the former says "basal half of corium" is "nearly fusco-reddish," while the description of the latter says it has a hemelytra "pale, with rather uniform orange, netlike markings."
Print References
Knight, H.H. (1923) Guide to the insects of Connecticut. Part IV. The Hemiptera or sucking insects of Connecticut-Family Miridae (Capsidae). State of Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey, Bulletin no.34, pp. 422-658.
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)
Contributed by tom murray on 22 December, 2008 - 9:47pm
Additional contributions by anitagould, Mike Quinn
Last updated 14 December, 2023 - 2:57pm

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