Genus Psallovius

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · See Also · Works Cited

Psallovius piceicola? - Psallovius piceicola

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 Phylini

Subtribe Oncotylina

Genus Psallovius

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Author: Henry T., 1999

Numbers

5 species in North America

Identification

Distinguished from other small brown Phylini by the overall shining dark coloration with basal margin of cuneus pale; the slender pale or black antennae; the dorsum and thoracic pleura with evenly distributed, recumbent, silvery white, scale-like setae and reclining, longer, shining, brown, simple setae; the pretarsus with long claws with narrow base, minute pulvilli and long setiform parempodia; and the J-shaped vesica with minutely spinose distal region of the terminal secondary gonopore. (1)

Range

Mostly western states except for piceicola

Habitat

Breeds on conifers such as Abies, Picea, Pinus, and Pseudotsuga. (1)

See Also

Ranzovius Distant - the general appearance and coloration are most similar to those of Ranzovius Distant, but Psallovius differs by the much more slender antennal segment 2, the shorter anterior and ventral portion of the head, and the longer more curved claws. (1)

Works Cited

1.	New genera and species of conifer-inhabiting phylinae plant bugs from North America (Heteroptera: Miridae) Schwartz, Michael D. and Schuh, Randall T. 1999. the New York Entomological Society.

Contributed by v belov on 20 October, 2009 - 8:28pm
Additional contributions by onegunah
Last updated 20 October, 2009 - 11:58pm

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