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Species Pilophorus furvus

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 Phylinae

Tribe Pilophorini

Genus Pilophorus

Species furvus (Pilophorus furvus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Author: Knight, 1923

Synonym: P. depiectus Knight, 1923

Size

2.35-2.89 mm (apex tylus-cuneal facture) (1)

Identification

Pilophorus furvus species group including furvus, heidemanni and nasicus is recognized by the short, squat body form, the short second antennal segment, the discontinuous posterior band of scalelike setae on the hemelytra, the absence of patches of scalelike setae on the abdominal venter, the flat vesica without a mesial spinelike process, and the habit of living on species of Pinus. (1)

Scutellum of P. furvus strongly elevated as in heidemanni; posterior band of hemelytral setae transverse and more or less continuous, located at position of change in surface texture of corium, in contrast to heidemanni and nasicus with a discontinuous band of disjunct patches of setae located anterior to the change in hemelytral surface texture, and antennal segment 2 long. (1)

Range

Eastern US: southern AL north to central PA. (1)

Food

Pinus virginiana, Quercus ilicifolia (1)

Internet References

Pinned images provided by Discover Life.

Works Cited

1.	Revision of the New World Pilophorini (Heteroptera, Miridae, Phylinae) Randall T. Schuh & Michael D. Schwartz. 1988. American Museum of Natural History.

Contributed by WonGun Kim on 5 August, 2009 - 4:13am

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