Heterotoma merioptera | |
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Heterotoma merioptera depicted in Edward Saunders Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands (figure 7) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Family: | Miridae |
Genus: | Heterotoma |
Species: | H. merioptera |
Binomial name | |
Heterotoma merioptera (Scopoli, 1763) |
Heterotoma merioptera is a species of bugs from Miridae family. It is a small slender dark plant bug. The second antennal segment is broad and flattened. The legs are light green. Heterotoma merioptera is very similar to Heterotoma planicornis and the name may be a synonym.
References
- For a photo of the mandible of Heterotoma merioptera, see Figure 8 in Faucheux, M.-J. (1975). "Relations entre l'ultrastructure des stylets mandibulaires et maxillaires et la prise de nourriture chez les Insectes Hémiptères" (PDF). Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série D (in French). 281: 41–44.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Heterotoma merioptera | |
Cimex meriopterum |
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