Orthocephalus saltator

Orthocephalus saltator
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Miridae
Genus:	Orthocephalus
Species:	O. saltator
Binomial name
Orthocephalus saltator (Hahn, 1835)

Orthocephalus saltator is a Palearctic species of plant bug in the family Miridae. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} It is found in Europe as far as the Caspian Sea and Siberia and to the south North Africa. O. saltator feeds on Asteraceae especially Hieracium pilosella and Poaceae ^[5]

References

1. "Orthocephalus saltator Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
2. "Orthocephalus saltator species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
3. "Orthocephalus saltator". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
4. "Orthocephalus saltator Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
5. Ekkehard Wachmann, Albert Melber, Jürgen Deckert: Wanzen. Band 2: Cimicomorpha: Microphysidae (Flechtenwanzen), Miridae (Weichwanzen). (= Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise. 75. Teil). Goecke & Evers, Keltern 2006, ISBN   3-931374-57-2, S. 158.

Further reading

• Henry, T. J.; Kelton, L. A. (1986). "Orthocephalus saltator Hahn (Heteroptera: Miridae): corrections of misidentifications and the first authentic report for North America". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 94 (1): 51–55. JSTOR   25009507.
• "On-line Systematic Catalog of Plant Bugs". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

External links

• Orthocephalus saltator images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life