plant bugs
(Taedia spp.)
Overview • Description • Distribution • Taxonomy
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Description |
The body is elongated oval and soft. The compound eyes are large and bulging. There are no simple eyes (ocelli). The mouth parts are optimized for piercing and sucking. They take the form of a long, 4-segmented beak. When not used, the beak extends from the front of the head, along the underside of the body between the legs, at least to the first segment (coxa) of the middle legs. The antennae have 4 segments. The first segment is thickly covered with long black hairs. The hairs are not flattened. The exoskeletal plate covering the first segment of the thorax (pronotum) is widest at the base and much narrower behind the head. The sides are straight and the rear is broadly rounded. There is a short but distinct, exposed collar in front. There is a small, oval tubercle (callus) at the front outer angle on each side of the pronotum behind the collar. There is almost always a small but distinct rounded, black spot behind each callus. These spots sometimes merge with larger spots on the rear half of the pronotum. The surface of the pronotum is not pitted (punctate). The front wings (hemelytra) are slightly longer than the body. The legs are moderately long. The third segment (femur) of the hind legs is swollen. |
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Taxonomy |
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Order |
Hemiptera (true bugs, hoppers, aphids, and allies) |
Suborder |
Heteroptera (true bugs) |
Infraorder |
Cimicomorpha |
Superfamily |
Miroidea |
Family |
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Subfamily |
Mirinae |
Tribe |
Mirini |
Subordinate Taxa |
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Arizona marbled mirid (Taedia marmorata) hop plant bug (Taedia hawleyi) plant bug (Taedia albifacies) plant bug (Taedia bananalensis) plant bug (Taedia bilutea) plant bug (Taedia bimaculata) plant bug (Taedia breviata) plant bug (Taedia casta) plant bug (Taedia celtidis) plant bug (Taedia colon) plant bug (Taedia deletica) plant bug (Taedia evonymi) plant bug (Taedia externa) plant bug (Taedia fasciola) plant bug (Taedia floridana) plant bug (Taedia gleditsiae) plant bug (Taedia johnstoni) plant bug (Taedia koluenia) plant bug (Taedia leprosa) plant bug (Taedia limba) plant bug (Taedia maculosa) plant bug (Taedia mexicana) plant bug (Taedia missionera) plant bug (Taedia mollicula) plant bug (Taedia multicolor) plant bug (Taedia multisignata) plant bug (Taedia nicholi) plant bug (Taedia pacifica) plant bug (Taedia pallidula) plant bug (Taedia parenthesis) plant bug (Taedia pernobilis) plant bug (Taedia salicis) plant bug (Taedia severini) plant bug (Taedia signata) plant bug (Taedia similaris) plant bug (Taedia stigmosa) plant bug (Taedia tehuacana) plant bug (Taedia typica) Texas streaky mirid (Taedia virgulata) variable eastern taedia mirid (Taedia scrupea) |
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Synonyms |
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Paracalocoris |
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Common Names |
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This genus has no common name. The common name of the family Miridae is plant bugs, and it is applied here for convenience. |
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Glossary
Femur
On insects and arachnids, the third, largest, most robust segment of the leg, coming immediately before the tibia. On humans, the thigh bone.
Hemelytron
The forewing of true bugs (order Hemiptera), thickened at the base and membranous at the tip. Plural: hemelytra.
Ocellus
Simple eye; an eye with a single lens. Plural: ocelli.
Pronotum
The exoskeletal plate on the upper side of the first segment of the thorax of an insect.
Punctate
Dotted with pits (punctures), translucent sunken glands, or colored spots of pigment.
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