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Genus Slaterocoris

Mirid from Arizona (1) 10.07.02 - Slaterocoris rubrofemoratus - male

Shiny black plant bug - Slaterocoris? - Slaterocoris atritibialis

Slaterocoris sp.? - Slaterocoris breviatus

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 Slaterocoris

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Amulacoris Carvalho & China 1959, Guerrerocoris Carvalho & China 1959(1)

Explanation of Names

Slaterocoris Wagner 1832

Numbers

32 spp. in NA(1)

Range

Nearctic (Canada to Mexico)(1)

Works Cited

1.	Revision and phylogenetic analysis of the North American genus Slaterocoris Wagner with new synonymy, ... Michael D. Schwartz. 2011. American Museum of Natural History.

Contributed by tom murray on 11 March, 2009 - 8:27pm
Additional contributions by v belov, onegunah
Last updated 9 February, 2015 - 11:56am

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