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Genus Ceratopsallus

Red & white hemipteran - Ceratopsallus croceus

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 Ceratopsallus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Author: Schuh, 2006

Explanation of Names

From the Greek keras, horn, in reference to the cow horn-like formation of the anterior process of the left paramere, in combination with the generic name Psallus. Gender masculine. (1)

Numbers

10 spp. (1)

Size

2.39-3.70 mm (male); 2.39-3.18 mm (female) (1)

Range

South western states of USA, mainly CA (1)

Food

hosts: Arctostaphylos spp. (Ericaceae), Quercus spp. (Fagaceae), or Ceanothus (Rhamnaceae). (1)

Works Cited

1.	Revision, phylogenetic, biogeographic, and host analysis of the endemic western North American Phymatopsallus group, ... Randall T. Schuh. 2006. American Museum of Natural History.

Contributed by WonGun Kim on 23 January, 2011 - 10:36pm

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