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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 puella

Species Phytocoris puella

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · See Also · Works Cited
Very Red Plant Bug - Phytocoris puella Phytocoris puella mirid - Phytocoris puella - male mirid - Phytocoris puella - male Mirid - Phytocoris puella Phytocoris infuscatus - Phytocoris puella Phytocoris infuscatus - Phytocoris puella Unidentified plant bug - Phytocoris puella
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 puella (Phytocoris puella)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Phytocoris puella Reuter, 1876
Explanation of Names
puella (L). 'girl' (1).
Size
4.5-5 mm (guide images)
Identification
1) Membrane marbled, uniformly dark brown or uniformly light colored;
2) A1 > (head width);
3) Antennae pale;
4) pronotum, scutellum, and hemelytra nearly uniformly reddish; and
5) Calli pale. (2)
Range
e. NA (KS-FL-QC-MB) - Map (3)(4)
Habitat
Oak (Quercus sp.) and red birch (Betula nigra) (2)
See Also
Phytocoris confluens - Range: e. US
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.The Plant Bugs, or Miridae, of Illinois
Knight, Harry, H. 1941. State of illinois.
3.Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States
Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by WonGun Kim on 17 June, 2009 - 10:44pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn
Last updated 9 December, 2023 - 5:05pm

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