Species Orius tristicolor

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Works Cited

Orius tristicolor (White) - Orius tristicolor

Anthocoridae; Orius tristicolor? - Orius tristicolor

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 Cimicoidea

Family Anthocoridae (Minute Pirate Bugs)

Tribe Oriini

Genus Orius

Species tristicolor (Orius tristicolor)

Explanation of Names

Orius tristicolor (White 1879)

Identification

Range

mostly w. NA and ne NA / s. to S America & W Indies - Map (1)(2)

Life Cycle

Found almost exclusively on plant domatia.(3)

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)

3.	Insect Ecology: Behavior, Populations and Communities P. W. Price, R. F. Denno, M. D. Eubanks. 2011. Cambridge University Press.

Contributed by v belov on 23 March, 2009 - 5:37pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, Marci Hess
Last updated 22 September, 2023 - 12:12pm

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