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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) » Phylinae » Phylini » Keltoniina » Reuteroscopus » Ornate Plant Bug (Reuteroscopus ornatus)

Species Reuteroscopus ornatus - Ornate Plant Bug

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Reuteroscopus ornatus (Reuter) - Reuteroscopus ornatus

Green and black plant bug - Reuteroscopus ornatus

Ornate Plant Bug - Reuteroscopus ornatus

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 Phylinae

Tribe Phylini

Subtribe Keltoniina

Genus Reuteroscopus

Species ornatus (Ornate Plant Bug)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Reuteroscopus ornatus (Reuter)

Orig. Comb: Episcopus ornatus Reuter 1876

Explanation of Names

ornat (L). "adorned" (1)

Numbers

15 spp n. of Mex. per Henry & Froeschner (1988) (2)

11 of these spp. were described by Harry H. Knight, a prolific describer (splitter?) of new species. (Knight was the single author on 121 papers between 1916 and 1974.) All of the Reuteroscopus spp. described by Knight reportedly have a distribution limited to one or two states.)

Identification

See also Fig. 90, pg 258 of Henry & Froeschner (1988) (2)

Range

e US to s CA (s.CA-FL-ON-CO) / Mex. to C. Amer. / W. Indies - Map (2)(3)

(No other member of the genus is recorded in Henry & Froeschner (1988) from more than one or two states) (2)

Food

Amaranthaceae, Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Fagaceae, Malvaceae, Rutaceae, Solanaceae, Verbenaceae per Discover Life

Print References

Knight, H.H. 1965. A new key to species of Reuteroscopus Kirk. with descriptions of new species (Hemiptera, Miridae). Iowa State Journal of Science 40: 101-120.

Internet References

Schuh, R.T. 2008. On-line Systematic Catalog of Plant Bugs (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae). http://research.amnh.org/pbi/catalog/

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

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 Mike Quinn on 29 January, 2009 - 8:05pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd
Last updated 8 May, 2023 - 10:57am

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