Miridius

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Miridius
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Miridius quadrivirgatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Miridae
Subfamily: Mirinae
Tribe: Mirini
Genus: Miridius
Fieber, 1858

Miridius [1] is a genus of mostly European bugs in the family Miridae and tribe Mirini, erected by Franz Xaver Fieber in 1858.

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Species

The following are included: [2] [3]

  1. Miridius longiceps Wagner, 1955
  2. Miridius multidentatus Carapezza, 1997
  3. Miridius pallidus Horvath, 1887
  4. Miridius quadrivirgatus (A. Costa, 1853)
  5. Miridius rubrolineatus (Poppius, 1912) (synonym M. loriaePoppius, 1914)

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References

  1. Fieber FX (1858) Wien. Ent. Monatschr., 2: 306.
  2. BioLib.cz: genus Miridius Fieber, 1858
  3. On-line Systematic Catalogue of Plant Bugs (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae): genus: Miridius