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Species Spanagonicus albofasciatus

Little tapered mirid w/ enlarged antennomere - Spanagonicus albofasciatus - male Spanagonicus albofasciatus again - Spanagonicus albofasciatus Mirid - Spanagonicus albofasciatus Spanagonicus albofasciatus Mirid - Spanagonicus albofasciatus Plant Bug - Spanagonicus albofasciatus - male Nymph - Spanagonicus albofasciatus - male Male, Spanagonicus albofasciatus? - Spanagonicus albofasciatus - male
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 Nasocorini
Genus Spanagonicus
Species albofasciatus (Spanagonicus albofasciatus)
Other Common Names
Whitemarked Fleahopper (1)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Spanagonicus albofasciatus (Reuter)
Orig. Comb: Leucopoecila albofasciata Reuter, 1907
Explanation of Names
albofasciatus = 'white-banded'
Size
< 2.5 mm
Identification
nymph
Range
e. US to CA - Map (2)(1)
Season
mostly: Apr-Nov (BG data)
Print References
Menard, K.L. 2015. A review of the genus Spanagonicus Berg (Hemiptera: Miridae: Phylinae: Nasocorini) with the description of novel antennal characters, the description of a new species from Central America, and a key to currently known taxa. Zootaxa 3973 (1): 139–158. (Abstract)
Works Cited
1.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
2.Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States
Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.