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Another tiny Mirid of some kind - Parthenicus wheeleri
Copyright © 2006 Ed Johnson

Another tiny Mirid of some kind - Parthenicus wheeleri
Kerrville, Kerr County, Texas, USA
October 27, 2006
Size: 1.5 mm
My continuing project is to photograph and identify many of the tiny specks that swarm around my garage light at night. Most are Midges of various types, but every once in a while I peer into my camera viewfinder and see something different. Here is a tiny critter, I presume a Mirid, that was among those I photographed last night.
Contributed by Ed Johnson on 27 October, 2006 - 8:31pm
Last updated 12 April, 2015 - 12:23am

Moved
Moved from Plagiognathus.
… john and jane balaban, 12 December, 2008 - 6:56pm

Correction...
I found the correct name of this bug, and cancel my previous comments.

I am sure that this bug is Parthenicus wheeleri in Orthotylinae. According to Henry, P. wheeleri is distinguished by "the the pale testaceous dorsum (figs. 11, 12), occasionally with a few small red speckles on the head, pronotum, and hemelytra, especially in females, contrasted by the brown first antennal segment, scutellum, and hind femur; the lack of spots at the bases of the tibial spines on the front and middle legs and frequently on the hind legs (or with only very faint reddish spots on some basal spines)," etc. It is distributed in Texas and Oklahoma.

The linked paper shows the key, description, and photos of Parthenicus species, and you may confirm my new suggestion.
… WonGun Kim, 12 December, 2008 - 10:37am

 
Linked document
I don't find the cited reference in the document linked to the name Henry in your post. The title I've seeing is Revision of the Mirine genus Phytocoris Fallén....

Am I following the wrong link?

I found this entry by researching this one, which seems somewhat similar.


Edit: operator error on my part. The document was put in a second tab in my PDF viewer. I didn't know it would do that. Usually it just opens in a new window.

Another edit: Especially since the comment I'm replying to mentions figs. 11, 12), I should point out that those figures are to a different species. The correct citation should be to figs. 40 and 41. This is apparently an error in the document itself. The descriptions clarify that figures 40 and 41 are the correct ones.
… Victor Engel, 24 June, 2020 - 3:05pm

Moved
Moved from Plant Bugs.
… john and jane balaban, 8 December, 2008 - 10:35am

It looks like a Plagiognathus species.
^^
… WonGun Kim, 8 December, 2008 - 3:39am

Another lovely image!
Another lovely image! Great work!
… john and jane balaban, 27 October, 2006 - 9:51pm

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