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Ranzovius californicus

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Ranzovius californicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Miridae
Subfamily: Phylinae
Tribe: Phylini
Genus: Ranzovius
Species:
R. californicus
Binomial name
Ranzovius californicus
(Van Duzee, 1917)

Ranzovius californicus is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3], specifically in the sheet webs of Hololena curta, where it feeds on prey caught in the web. [4]

References

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  1. ^ "Ranzovius californicus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. ^ "Ranzovius californicus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. ^ Wheeler Jr., Alfred G. (2001). "Scavenging and Use of Other Animal-Associated Foods". Biology of the Plant Bugs. Cornell University Press. p. 317. ISBN 0801438276.

Further reading

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  • Henry, Thomas J. (1999). "The spider-commensal plant bug genus Ranzovius (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae) revisited: Three new species and a revised key, with the description of a new sister genus and phylogenetic analysis". Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae. 63 (1–2): 93–115. ISSN 1211-376X.
  • "On-line Systematic Catalog of Plant Bugs". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2019-07-02.