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Heterotoma merioptera

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Heterotoma merioptera
Heterotoma merioptera depicted in Edward Saunders Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands (figure 7)
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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.