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Species Dicyphus famelicus

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 Bryocorinae

Tribe Dicyphini

Genus Dicyphus

Species famelicus (Dicyphus famelicus)

Size

Lenght: 4.4 –4.7 mm

Identification

“Head light yellow often marked with red. First antennal segment pale green, bar near base and apex red; second segment pale green, apical one third red or black. Pronotum and scutellum light yellow. Hemelytra opaque white marked with orange or red. Ventral surface yellow or orange; legs pale green. Macropterous (...) This species is distinguished by the large size, by the reddish or orange color on the hemelytra”. (1)

Range

Eastern USA and Canada

Food

Phytophagous and predaceous on aphids.

Life Cycle

“The adults hibernate. The eggs are laid in the spring, and the adults gradually die out by the end of June. The nymphs appear about the first part of June and the new adults about first part of July. The new adults are active until hibernation.”(1)

Print References

Plant Bugs on Fruit Crops in Canada. Heteroptera: Miridae. (1)

Internet References

pinned adult image of D. famelicus (Insects of Cedar Creek, Minnesota)

Works Cited

1.	Plant Bugs on Fruit Crops in Canada. Heteroptera: Miridae. Kelton L. A. 1983.

Contributed by Claude Pilon on 18 February, 2007 - 3:41pm

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