Zygimus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Family: | Miridae |
Subfamily: | Mirinae |
Tribe: | Mirini |
Genus: |
Zygimus Fieber, 1870 |
Zygimus [1] is a genus of European capsid bugs in the tribe Mirini, erected by Franz Xaver Fieber in 1870. It is probably monotypic [2] with records of Zygimus nigriceps (Fallén, 1829) (synonym Phytocois nigriceps Fallén, 1829) from Scandinavia, northern England and Scotland. [3] [4]
Z. nigriceps is about 4 mm long and has a black head and pronotum and leaf-green forewings. It can be distinguished from the similar bug Orthotylus virens by having a brownish membrane with yellow veins. In Britain, this species is considered rare and confined to northern juniper scrub; adults can be found from June to September. [3]
List of heteropteran bugs recorded in Britain
Zygimus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Family: | Miridae |
Subfamily: | Mirinae |
Tribe: | Mirini |
Genus: |
Zygimus Fieber, 1870 |
Zygimus [1] is a genus of European capsid bugs in the tribe Mirini, erected by Franz Xaver Fieber in 1870. It is probably monotypic [2] with records of Zygimus nigriceps (Fallén, 1829) (synonym Phytocois nigriceps Fallén, 1829) from Scandinavia, northern England and Scotland. [3] [4]
Z. nigriceps is about 4 mm long and has a black head and pronotum and leaf-green forewings. It can be distinguished from the similar bug Orthotylus virens by having a brownish membrane with yellow veins. In Britain, this species is considered rare and confined to northern juniper scrub; adults can be found from June to September. [3]
List of heteropteran bugs recorded in Britain