Species Eustictus pilipes

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Print References

copper colored plant bug??? - Eustictus pilipes

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

Genus Eustictus

Species pilipes (Eustictus pilipes)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Author: Knight, 1926

Explanation of Names

From Latin pili (=hair) + pes (=foot) that indicates the long hairs on the legs.

Size

5.9 mm (female)

Identification

Coloration nearly as in spinipes, but head, antennae, and legs of deeper red. Spines on basal half of hind tibiae replaced by long hairs several of which in length are equal to three times thickness of tibia. Femora also bearing long hairs on ventral margin, and apically on posterior and dorsal margins.

Range

Print References

Knight, H. H., 1926. Descriptions of four new species of Eustictus (Hemiptera, Miridae). Psyche 33: 121--123

Contributed by WonGun Kim on 18 January, 2010 - 5:04pm

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