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Species Plagiognathus grandis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Miridae -? - Plagiognathus grandis - female Plagiognathus grandis Reuter - Plagiognathus grandis Plagiognathus grandis Reuter - Plagiognathus grandis
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 Plagiognathus
Species grandis (Plagiognathus grandis)
Explanation of Names
Plagiognathus grandis Reuter, 1876
Size
4.5-5.2 (male)
4.8-5.1 mm (female) (1)
Identification
Recognized by the large size, very broad body, and somewhat mottled carmine coloration of the dorsum.
Unlike any other Plagiognathus species in coloration and its heavy body. (1)

Det. M. D. Schwartz, 2015
Range
sw. US (AZ-cTX-CO-UT, ND) / Mex. - Map (1)(2)
Remarks
Type Locality: Texas (3)
Print References
Schuh, R.T., 2001. Revision of New World Plagiognathus Fieber, with comments on the Palearctic fauna and the description of a new genus (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 266: 267 pp.
Internet References
Type - Swedish Museum of Natural History
Catalog of Plant Bugs - AMNH
Works Cited
1.Revision of the New World Plagiognathus
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
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.
Contributed by WonGun Kim on 7 December, 2009 - 8:22am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 16 March, 2023 - 12:53pm

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