(Family Miridae)
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Size | Total Length: 1 ⁄16″ to ⅝″ |
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Taxonomy | Order: |
Hemiptera (true bugs, cicadas, hoppers, aphids and allies) |
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Prosorrhyncha |
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Panheteroptera |
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Cimicomorpha (thaumastocorid bugs) |
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Cimicoidea |
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Miridae (jumping tree bugs, leaf bugs, plant bugs) |
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Subordinate Taxa | alfalfa plant bug (Adelphocoris lineolatus) clouded plant bug (Neurocolpus nubilus) four-lined plant bug (Poecilocapsus lineatus) garden fleahopper (Microtechnites bractatus) long thin plant bug (Megaloceroea recticornis) meadow plant bug (Leptopterna dolabrata) obscure plant bug (Plagiognathus obscurus) plant bug (Capsus cinctus) plant bug (Ilnacora stalii) plant bug (Leptopterna ferrugata) plant bug (Metriorrhynchomiris dislocatus) plant bug (Neurocolpus jessiae) plant bug (Phytocoris tibialis) plant bug (Plagiognathus brevirostris) plant bug (Sericophanes heidemanni) plant bug (Taedia scrupea) potato mirid (Closterotomus norwegicus) tarnished plant bug (Lygus lineolaris) |
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Synonyms | Capsidae |
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Common Names |
plant bugs |
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