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