Biology:Mecomma ambulans

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Short description: Species of true bug

Mecomma ambulans
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Mecomma ambulans depicted in Edward Saunders Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands (figure 3 male, 4 female)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Miridae
Genus: Mecomma
Species:
M. ambulans
Binomial name
Mecomma ambulans
(Fallen, 1807)
Synonyms[1]

Capsus gramineti Gistel, 1857

Mecomma ambulans is a species of bug in the Miridae family that can be found throughout Europe (except for Portugal) and the far north,[2] and through the Palearctic as far east as China.[3] The species have black pronotum with brown wings and yellow legs, all of which is similar to Tupiocoris rhododendri.[4]

References

  1. Kerzhner, I. M. (1993). "Notes on synonymy and nomenclature of Palaearctic Heteroptera". Zoosystematica Rossica 2 (1): 97–105. Archived from the original on 20 January 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140120192558/http://research.amnh.org/pbi/library/4453.pdf. 
  2. "Mecomma (Mecomma) ambulans (Fallen, 1807)". Fauna Europaea. August 29, 2013. http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=451808. 
  3. Liu, Guo-Qing; Yamamoto, Daisuke (2004). "Notes on Mecomma Fieber (Hemiptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae) from China". Oriental Insects 38 (1): 219–233. doi:10.1080/00305316.2004.10417389. 
  4. "Mecomma ambulans". Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ashe/6105920160/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q6804847 entry