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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 » Calocoris » Calocoris barberi

Species Calocoris barberi

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Works Cited
Calocoris barberi Henry et Wheeler - Calocoris barberi True Bug - Calocoris barberi Miridae? - Calocoris barberi Calocoris barberi Nymph - Calocoris barberi Calocoris barberi patterned Heteroptera - Calocoris barberi Calocoris barberi on Ratibida columnifera - Calocoris barberi
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 Calocoris
Species barberi (Calocoris barberi)
Other Common Names
Prairie Coneflower Mirid
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Poecilocapsus sexmaculatus Barber 1906 (preoccupied), Calocoris sexmaculatus (Barber)
Explanation of Names
Calocoris barberi Henry & Wheeler 1988
named for Herbert Spencer Barber who originally described the species.
Range
CO-OK-TX / ne. Mex. Map (1)(2), most records s. of the Red River
Food
frequently on Prairie Coneflower (Ratibida columnifera spp.) and other Asteraceae (BG data)
Life Cycle
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 john and jane balaban on 14 February, 2009 - 8:39am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, onegunah, Chuck Sexton
Last updated 13 May, 2023 - 2:15pm

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