Heterotoma merioptera

Heterotoma merioptera
Heterotoma merioptera depicted in Edward Saunders Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands (figure 7)
Scientific classification
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. ^[1] Heterotoma merioptera is very similar to Heterotoma planicornis and the name may be a synonym.

References

1. 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.