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Species Eurychilopterella luridula

Plant Bug - Eurychilopterella luridula Plant Bug - Eurychilopterella luridula Plant Bug - Eurychilopterella luridula Small, brown plant bug - Eurychilopterella luridula Small, brown plant bug - Eurychilopterella luridula Eurychilopterella luridula Hemiptera. Anthocoridae - Eurychilopterella luridula Hemiptera. Anthocoridae - Eurychilopterella luridula
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 Deraeocorinae
Tribe Deraeocorini
Genus Eurychilopterella
Species luridula (Eurychilopterella luridula)
Explanation of Names
Eurychilopterella luridula Reuter 1909
Size
♂ 3.87-4.86 mm, ♀ 3.85-4.64 mm
Identification
Recognized by the extensive pale areas on the pronotum, scutellum and hemelytra; head slightly shorter than wide; bicolored second antennal segment; and structure of the male parameres and vesica.
Range
Widely distributed in the eastern half of the US + ON